“Here, at the very top.”

“Don’t see nothin’.”

“You don’t see Mr. and Mrs. David M. Jones.”

“Oh, yes, I see them.”

“Surely that’s a mistake.”

“Mistake? No. I ’tended to them folks myself.” As the young lady stared incredulous, he reassured her. “They’re comin’ all right. Tip-top folks. He wus governor of—”

“They’re not coming in here?”

“Why not?”

Mr. Jones?”

“Yes, David M. He wus governor of—”