`` I conclude therefore , Susan , that Mr. Ford is rather handsome than otherwise . '' `` Well , Mrs. Doctor , dear , I DO enjoy seeing a well-looking man , '' said Susan candidly . `` 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 wo n'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 . He was tall and broad-shouldered , with thick , brown hair , finely-cut nose and chin , large and brilliant dark-gray eyes . `` And did you notice his ears and his teeth , Mrs. Doctor , dear ? '' queried Susan later on . `` He has got the nicest-shaped ears I ever saw on a man 's head . I am choice about ears . When I was young I was scared that I might have to marry a man with ears like flaps . But I need not have worried , for never a chance did I have with any kind of ears . '' Anne had not noticed Owen Ford 's ears , but she did see his teeth , as his lips parted over them in a frank and friendly smile . Unsmiling , his face was rather sad and absent in expression , not unlike the melancholy , inscrutable hero of Anne 's own early dreams ; but mirth and humor and charm lighted it up when he smiled .
Certainly , on the outside , as Miss Cornelia said , Owen XXXXX was a very presentable fellow .
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