Alistair Cornwell

Alistair Cornwell (アリステア・コーンウェル) or "Stear"

is one of the members of the Ardlay family along with his brother Archibald Cornwell and cousin Anthony Brown.

Appearance
Alistair has black hair and fair skin. He often wears glasses and sometimes a flat cap.

Characteristics
Alistair loves to invent many kinds of things that are useful or just for fun.

He often invents objects which don't work correctly but make funny scenes. After each failure of an invention this never weary inventor works on its improvement or on another new invention. Stear is a good-natured, intelligent, creative, unperturbed, mature and pensive character. He loves Candy, too, but understands already since the beginning that his love can only be hidden and kept in his heart.

Plot
Candy encountered Alistair, on her walk back to the Leagan house. Alistair offers her a lift in his car. However, neither his driving, nor the car are in the best shape. Alistair suggests a shortcut through the forest, both hopping from tree to tree. Candy learns that the old Ardlay matron will take her residence in the Ardlay estate and there will be a ball to welcome her. Both Alistair and Archibald send an official invitation for her to Mr. Leagan. Despite Eliza's protests, Mr. Leagan will not ignore two personal invitations and orders Eliza to gift a dress to Candy. The two Cornwell brothers and Anthony intercede on Candy's behalf. Tricked by Eliza, Candy gets locked up inside a dark room in a hallway that fits the description of Archibald's ghost story.

Upon entering the ball, Candy finally meets her prince, Anthony Brown. Strangely enough, Eliza's favorite remembers the encounter at the rose gates, but not the hilltop meeting. Great-aunt Elroy chastises the Leagans for bringing their maidservant in such informal dress if she is Archibald's and Alistair's special guest. The two Cornwell brothers and Anthony intercede on Candy's behalf. Tricked by Eliza, Candy gets locked up inside a dark room in a hallway that fits the description of Archibald's ghost story. Meanwhile, Eliza detains Anthony from searching for Candy by dancing with him. In a panic Candy manages to break down the door and Anthony finds her. The brothers gift her a ballroom dress and Anthony gifts her some of his late mother's jewelry. Candy joins the dancing with all three young bachelors, making a good impression. Candy asks Anthony whether he knows Pony's Hill, but he tells her no, confirming that, though he looks like her prince, Anthony cannot be the hilltop prince after all.

Someone has savagely cut Anthony's rose bushes and stolen his pink roses. All evidence points to Candy who has a vase full of beautiful pink roses in her barn, which she assumes are a gift from Anthony. When Candy learns from Alistair what has occurred, she suspects Neil. Neil explains the thorn scratches on his hand as the result of playing with Sylvia, the family cat. When Anthony does not want to see Candy, she is sure that everybody believes the worst of her. Archibald finds a witness who saw Neil leave the Leagan estate the night before and the three young men trick Neil into confessing. But by then Candy is already gone in Archibald's rowboat to return to Pony's Home on the river that changes into rapid water leading to a huge waterfall. The vagabond Albert saves her from drowning and, before disappearing, directs her to write him a note in a bottle if she should ever require his assistance. When the three worried Ardlay boys find Candy, Anthony explains he did not want her to see his birthday gift yet, a new rose called 'Sweet Candy'.

Trivia

 * Alistair's voice actor Kaneta Kimotsuki is well known of voicing Takeshi Goda from the Doraemon (1973) Series and Suneo Honekawa in the later series from 1979-2005l