3727. She was proud of her two avocado plants, which flanked
the entrance of her greenhouse, they rose to a height of eighteen feet, just
two feet shy of the glass ceiling. Through the glass of the greenhouse wall she
saw her Alexis jump down from the box at the rear of the coach. Harriet cut a
little red rose from a rose bush, held it to her nose, closed her eyes and
smiled to herself.
3728. Three uneventful years went by and the Browning poem
was never mentioned again. Because of his natural aptitude, not to mention the attractiveness
of his person, Alexis soon graduated to a position on the household staff. He
was relegated to the kitchen at first, and seldom came in contact with his
Mistress, or the Master of the house.
3729 Harriet inquired about how he was doing at about one
month intervals. The inquiries were always on the same day of the month that he
had returned to her. Except for this quirk in her behavior, you would not have
known he was more important in her eye than any other of the staff of the
household.
3730. On his fifteenth birthday he began almost to wait at
table. He was given a position of runner to the kitchen, and was seen
constantly fleet of foot, bringing dishes on a try above his shoulder, from one
place to another with his habitual grace.
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