"...Yes, through his window. I messed up my landing while trying to drop off a letter for him, because he's at the top of the hill, and... well, we kept bumping into each other. Got to talking. He... invited me and Dinky out. Hard to say no, when my own daughter keeps going to his house every day after school, talking up a storm about him every time she gets home."  She sighs wistfully, throwing me a fairly loving look.