“Kirk Winfield. Yes, she seemed to know him quite well.”
“And then?”
In spite of her anxiety, Ruth smiled.
“Well, that’s all,” she said. “I just fell in love with him.”
Mr. Bannister nodded.
“You just fell in love with him,” he repeated. “Pretty quick work, wasn’t it?”
“I suppose it was.”
“You just took one look at him and saw he was the affinity, eh?”
“I suppose so.”
“And what did he do? Was he equally sudden?”