his wife ( although he did n't like to use that word , wife , because it made him think that he was now over thirty , which he was , but still , he did n't need to be reminded , and anyway , he still had his boyish good looks ; in fact , the cashier at the grocery store had flirted with him just last night , and even though it could have been the fact that he was overawingly overdressed for a cheese-cracker run , he thought it was probably his aquamarine eyes because she had been virtually swimming in them ) was taking the move to henrietta better than he had expected .