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’Clothes off, darling,’ she said ’You won’t learn much fully dressed!

When he was stripped, she looked at hilas Fairbanks, are you? Don’t worry about it, it doesn’t hts al - e out; it only e of the bed while she started telling him about how to treat a lady She was surprised that Abel really did not want her and was even more surprised when he continued to turn up every day for the next teeks

’When will I know I’ve made it?’Abel inquired

’You’ll know, baby,’ replied Joyce ’If you can ht him first where the sensitive parts of a woman’s body were, and then to be patient in his love - ht know that what he was doing was pleasing How to use his tongue and lips on every place other than a woman’s mouth

Abel listened carefully to all she said and followed her instructions scrupulously and to begin with, a little bit tooout of all recognition, he had no real idea if she was telling the truth, until about three weeks and one hundred and ten dollars later, when to his surprise and delight, Joyce suddenly - came alive in his arently licked her nipples As he stroked her gently between the legs, he found she et - for the first time - and after he had entered her she moaned, a sound Abel had never heard before, and found intensely pleasing She clawed at his back, co continued, sometimes loud, sometimes soft Finally she cried out sharply, and the hands that had clutched hiht her breath, she said ’Baby, you just graduated top of the class’

Abel hadn’t even corees by paying scalpers’

price for ringside seats and taking George, Monika and a reluctant Clara to watch Gene Tunney fight Jack Deht chaht, Clara felt it was nothing_ less than her duty to go to bed with Abel as he had spent sohiairaduated from Columbia, Abel became dissatisfied with his life at the Plaza Hotel, but could not figure out how to secure further advanceh he was surrounded by some of the most wealthy and successful men in America, he was unable to approach any of the custoht weU cost him his job and in any case, the customers could not take seriously the aspirations of a waiter Abel had long ago decided that he wanted to be a head waiter

One day, Mrw and Mrs Ellsworth Statler came to lunch at the Plaza’s Edwardian Rooht his chance had co he could think of to impress the famous hotelier, and the meal went splendidly As he left, Statler thanked Abel warave him ten dollars, but that was the end of their association Abel watched hi doors of the Plaza, wondering if he was ever going to get a break

Sammy, the head waiter tapped hiet fro,’ said Abel

’He didn’t tip you?’ asked Sa tone

’Oh, yes, sure,’ said Abel cTen dollars’ He handed the money over to Sammy

’That’sto think you was double - dealing ood even for Mr Statler

You must have impressed him~ ’No, I didn’t’

’What do you mean?’asked Sammy

’It doesn’taway

’Wait a entleman at table seventeen, a Mr Leroy, wants to speak to you personally’

’What about, Sammy?’

’How should I know? Probably Eked your blue eyes? Abel glanced over to number seventeen, strictly for the meek and the unknown, because the table was so badly placed near a swing door into the kitchen Abel usually tried to avoid serving any of the tables at that end of the room

’Who is he?’ asked Abel ’What does he want?’

’I don’t know,’ said Sa to look up ’I’m not in touch with the life history of every custoet yourself a big tip and hope they coain You h for ot to teach you the basics at Coluet your butt over there, Abel, and if its a tip be certain yod bring the ht back to me’