eleven o'clock
_ In which the Candy Man walks abroad in citizen 's clothes , and is mistaken for a person of wealth and social importance . _ The Candy Man strolled along a park path . The October day was crisp , the sky the bluest blue , the sunny landscape glowing with autumn 's fairest colours . It was a Sunday morning not many days after the events of the first chapter , and back in the city the church bells were ringing for eleven o'clock service . In citizen 's clothes , and well-fitting ones at that , the Candy Man was a presentable young fellow . If his face seemed at first glance a trifle stern , this sternness was offset by the light in his eyes ; a steady , purposeful glow , through which played at the smallest excuse a humorous twinkle . After the ceaseless stir of the Y.M.C.A. corner , the stillness of the park was most grateful .