"I see a bew-tiful future here," he said.
"Oh, my!" said Miss Langham, looking up at him, her mirthful eyes full of incredulous rapture.
"Yes, I see a tall man, quite a tall man."
Dr. Spearmint himself was quite a tall man.
"Dear me!" exclaimed Miss Langham.
"He has curly brown hair and a—a smooth face," said Dr. Spearmint, delighted in his delight. He had curly brown hair and a smooth face.
"He has blue eyes"—he glanced, a little troubled, at Notely's big sparkling orbs—"mild blue eyes," he corrected the statement, in such a soft voice!
"Indeed they must be mild," cried Miss Langham.
Dr. Spearmint coughed considerably, and blushed.
"He—he wears a blue necktie," he said, the mild blue eyes falling.