"Had I not better get up a snack for him?
There is a strawberry pie that would melt in your mouth." "No, Leslie is expecting him and has his supper ready.

Besides, I want that strawberry pie for my own poor man.

He won't be home till late, so leave the pie and a glass of milk out for him, Susan." "That I will, Mrs.Doctor, dear.

Susan is at the helm.

After all, it is better to give pie to your own men than to strangers, who may be only seeking to devour, and the doctor himself is as well-looking a man as you often come across." When Owen Ford came Anne secretly admitted, as Miss Cornelia towed him in, that he was very "well-looking" indeed.