"May I come in?" asked the light-keeper, approaching the gate.
"Oh yes, sir, do! Glad to see you."
The light-keeper came up the gravelled walk, approached the pile, and said, "How much more of a job have you got?"
"Oh, a couple of days."
"Well, then, do you want another?"
"Yes, sir. But how did you know I was here?"
"May, my granddaughter, knew, and she told me. I was at the house, you see. My job for you is to go to the lighthouse and be my assistant. She told me, and I said to myself, 'There's the man for me!'"
"You don't mean it! Why, where's Timothy Waters?"
"Got all through."
"His time up?"