What literary elements can you find in the this text from "A Secret for Two" by Quentin Reynolds? And so it went on for years - always the same. Pierre and Joseph slowly grew old together. Pierre's huge walrus mustache was white now and Joseph didn't lift his knees so high or raise his head quite so much. Jack, the boss of the stables, never noticed that they both were getting old until Pierre appeared one morning carrying a heavy walking stick. "Hey, Pierre," Jack laughed. "Maybe you got the gout, hey?" "Mais oui, Jacques," Pierre said. "One grows old. One's legs get tired." "Well, you should teach that horse to carry the milk to the front door for you," Jacques told him. "He does everything else."