"Now arms. Up. I SAID UP GIRL!"My arms were quickly above my head. Mrs. Moore pulled the last remaining garment on the bed over my head - a very pink,...very frilly and very girly dress. It fell to just below my knees and flared out thanks to the petticoats. There were four flowery ruffles and my petticoats could be glimpsed beneath the final white lace trim. It had puffed sleeves from the shoulder to the elbow, which then fitted tightly from elbows to the wrists, again completed with white lace. In a corner there was two three-seater settees facing eachother with a coffee table between them. Susan headed for one of thesettees and motioned Ryan and Diane to take a seat opposite."Can I get you a tea, coffee, soft drink, anything like that?"Both Ryan and Diane declined and Susan began by checking that Diane'staxi journey had gone as planned. After a few more pleasantries, andstill talking to Diane, Susan asked,"I'm sorry if this is rude, please tell me if it is, but I'm kind ofgetting the. .She's the vacuum chamber in a wind tunnel.Throughout history, she inspired the best blond jokes ever told ... and she was a brunette.DD ... not DeeDee ... DD. DD was so dumb if her name had had ONE more letter, she couldn't spell it."Your name is DD? Spell it." The inevitable answer to the question, was "i-t."Air head implies something in there."Come one come all, see the Last Wonder of the World ... Shake her, Boys. she rattles."In future years, she would be the child left behind in an. But by Saturday morning the opportunities to re-acquaint herself with the staff were pushed aside by the hustle and bustle of preparing for Gwen's coming-out party that night.This wouldn't be an ordinary debut, of course, not at Markham Hall. This was a special event customary among those who had graduated from Gracely House. This would be Gwen's official entrance into the decadent and debauched rituals of Belinda Gracely's disciples.Butlers rearranged furniture, cooks prepared hors d'oeuvres.