And I've been wanting to tell you for awhile, but..." What?" It's dumb," he said."No," I replied, touching his hand. "Tell me."He looked at me earnest...y. "What would you say if I told you that... thatI find it kind of sexy... to watch you eat." Really?"He shrugged, clearly embarrassed, and my heart went out to him. I knew howit felt to have feelings and to be afraid that others would make fun ofthem, even if it was surprising that he would like that. Keen to reassurehim, I said, "There's. Did you think we had him stuffed and put him here for aprop?" Well no, I-" Although the thought had crossed my mind, "How old is he,anyway?" Two hundred and fifty-something." Damn! Getting up toward retirement age, isn't he?" He's BEEN retired. Since around the time I was born. Mom and Dad gavehim a pension and a nice little apartment upstairs but he keeps showingup here to guard the door against the Huns and the Frondeurs and theSyndicalists, whatever those are..." Maybe if you took away his-". "The President thought for a moment. "That girl, Jeeves. She does not appear to be very happy, and is not very compliant with my wishes, much though she hides it. What if I were to instruct you to return her to her family, and seek out a replacement that would be more to my liking?" An excellent suggestion, sir. Does her family live some distance from here?" Her parents have a landholding something like fifty kilometres from here. I had toyed with taking it over for debt repayment, but accepted. Now here she sat, reminding herself as her nervous heart pounded, of the ridiculous pay coming her way if she could get through this. The door to the back rooms opened, and a handsome male nurse stood, giving the waiting room and quick glance. “Elizabeth?” he called in a kind, strong tone. A shot of adrenaline surged through her veins as Elizabeth saw that this handsome man, a few years her senior, was going to take her into the exam room. “Isn't it always female nurses at these places?” she.