Michal was sitting next to me and gave me a timid look. She had come out of her purge cycle less than two hours ago and knew nothing of the undamaged ...tates of her sister-wives. And everything she knew of me now, she learned from her marriage book.I smiled at her and signaled with my hand that she could return to gazing out her window if she wished. I was rewarded with a beaming smile of gratitude before she returned to gaping at the landscape far below. The South American scenery at dawn was. If that happened, Cynthia was happy to get one from the bowl - one - and hand it to said student.That almost never happened, something Cynthia thought was the way things should be.She had no idea how the bowl ever got low, though it did sometimes. She had no idea that some of the students who stayed after school for various extracurricular activities snuck into the office to stuff their pockets full of condoms, which could then be passed out to other students.Unfortunately, Craig was not one of. I caught my breath. I could not tell where the gownhad been mended."Lovely work! Do you need anything?" I asked her."No, ma'am," she said. "Thank you for the dinner. Good night, ma'am."I awoke too early the next morning when Moira entered and threw backthe curtains. I muzzily looked at the clock. Eight? Good heavens. Whyon earth was she waking me at this uncivilized hour?"The young person who came to see you yesterday has asked for you,ma'am," Moira said."So early? What does she want?" I. ‘I’ve got to sit down for a moment. I’ve wanted this moment to come, wanted it so desperately, but now it has come I’m overwhelmed.’ They sat down. ‘Recovered?’ he asked. She nodded and went to stand but he held her back. ‘Zelda, will you please marry me?’ Zelda found she was surprisingly calm, and said, ‘Yes of course, dear Freddie.’ He pulled from his pocket a small velvet box and opened it, and they both looked at the diamond ring. ‘It won’t fit but we’ll get it adjusted as soon as we arrive.