Being Yours
The first of the many hot-houses was situated more or less next to the admin building, and as Bevis, Electra, Princess Ileana and her grandfather moved away, three members of the Press who’d been invited to join the morning tour, and Haldane Fox, followed them into the huge cavernous glass house.
The heat struck everyone at once. Even Bevis and Electra, who were used to it, paused to take a soggy breath and get acclimatized. Facing them was a huge, shaded cavern of green, dotted with intricately shaped, multi-coloured blooms. There was a heavy perfume scenting the air.
Ileana laughed. ‘Wow! How can your poor gardeners work in here?’ She addressed the question deliberately to Bevis. Unless sh
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