"You certainly did. I'm Zivia, by the way, Zivia Birnbaum -- I think you showed up after the introductions."

There's a nice assortment of candy -- drops like big glass beads in a half-dozen different colors, striped pieces like folded ribbons, clusters of candied nuts, squashy-looking squares wrapped in foil or waxed paper. She's going to let him pick out his own, one per pebble.