she found something preposterous. "Then you were disappointed in me,"
she added.

Never would the Candy Man admit such a thing. He had realised since then
what a cad he must have seemed, but----

"That, however, is neither here nor there," she continued, "since I did
not recognise you. It was----"

"Preposterous?" he suggested.

"Yes, preposterous, to suppose that I could. Why, it was nearly dark
that afternoon, and I----"

"Please don't rub it in. I know. You see I knew you so well."

"Me?" cried Margaret Elizabeth.

"I had seen you pass, I mean."

Again Miss Bentley said "Oh!" adding: "You are also the person who
laughed when I made an idiotic remark about lighthouses in the grocery."

The Candy Man protested. He had not laughed.

"Your eyes laughed. That is how I first discovered my mistake. Your
resemblance to Mr. McAllister is remarkable."

"So I have been told." The Candy Man shrugged his shoulders, ever so
little.