TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
Nikolas assured him, heading for his car.
He paused and turned his head.
“Professor, I wonder… Can you tell me? I happen to be marrying an exceptionally clever woman, as clever as she is beautiful, and I want to impress her by telling her I know the chemical formula for the extremely large diamond I wish to buy her for our engagement.”
“What?” the Professor barked. “Just how stupid are you, young man? It’s C for carbon! You won’t impress her by knowing that!”
“No,” Nikolas said chastened. “I’ll just have to find some other way of impressing her.”