Looking straight at him, Nancy said, "You'd had amnesia."
"Yes. You see, Miss Nancy, many years ago, I'm not sure how many, my people lived here and I was quite a prominent member of the ruling class. But I incurred, unfortunately, the wrath of an evil scientist."
"And?" asked Holman. For somebody who'd recently been a teddy bear, Shandy looked pretty dapper.
Shandy smiled. "She put a spell on me which caused me to change shape, and also made me forget what I had originally been."
Nancy laughed softly. "Well, it's good to have you back."
With a faint flourish Shandy held out the wild flowers. "For you, Miss Nancy."
"Why, thank you, Shandy."
Holman leaned against the wall under the clock and eyed Shandy. "You back to stay?"
"Well," Shandy said. "I've known Miss Nancy quite a while. And am really quite fond of her. I hate to see her go." He looked at the flowers Nancy held against her chest. "I have come to ask Miss Nancy to allow me to court her. With all due respects to Mr. Holman."
"Damn it to hell," Holman said, straightening.