“I really cannot proceed while you struggle so,” Walter complained. “Very well… Miss Peabody will be pleased.” There was a brief silence. “Peabody will be pleased that I retain my beards?” Emerson inquired. “Miss Peabody claims that men grow beards in order to hide weak features. Receding chins, spots on the face…” “Oh, does she? She implies my chin is weak?” “She has never seen it,” Walter pointed out. “Hmph.”
