"Has good points," offered Gideon. "Got all the points, in fact. Good build, good skin, good teeth, good eyes and wide between; nice manners, polite, lively mind."
"Other one got the gumption," mumbled Sharon, stubbornly. They ignored him.
"Head on him for affairs, too," said Harvey D. He went to a far corner of the room and changed the position of an immense upholstered chair so that it was equidistant from each wall. "Other one—hear he took all his silver and spent it foolishly—must have been eight or nine dollars—this one wanted to save it. Got some idea about the value of money."
"Don't like to see it show too young," submitted Sharon.
"Can't show too young," declared Harvey D.
"Can't it?" asked Sharon, mildly.
"Bright little chap—no denying that," said Gideon. "Bright as a new penny, smart as a whip. Talks right. Other chap mumbles."
"Got the gumption, though." Thus Sharon once more.
Long silences intervened after each speech in this dialogue.
"Head's good," said Harvey D. "One of those long heads like father's. Other one's head is round."