The Reading Lessons
“The whole circuit of its walls did not exceed twenty-five yards. For some minutes this fact occasioned me a world of vain trouble; vain indeed -- for what could be of less importance, under the terrible circumstances which environed me, than the mere dimension of my dungeon?~ Edgar Allen Poe Hadley’s official title at Wisteria Walk was Gardener, yet his duties included everything under the sun. If the boiler broke, he fixed it. If the toaster quit toasting, he got it toasting again. And if a pi...pe sprung a leak under the kitchen sink, Hadley fiddled with it until it leaked no more. He had a knack for learning new things easily. Always had.Mr. Browning once hired a painter to change his rooms from Egg Shell to Ocher, and Hadley had followed the painter around for a week, asking questions and watching him work. At Wisteria Walk, he tried mixing up paint recipes written by an old-timer named Hezekiah Reynolds. Thanks to Hezekiah’s colorful advice, Hadley learned how to dramatically enhance the store-bought paints Lucinda ordered by the bucket full.MoreLess
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