Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness or forgot them and moved away.
But, as against this, I'm bound to admit that at any moment I could probably have exorcised them both by asking my doctor for a prescription, or my oculist for a pair of spectacles.
There were tears in her eyes in defiance of the oculist's prohibition and her voice broke as she said: " He heard that I was going to sell Green Gables and he wants to buy it" .