Each girl stepped onto the low pedestal at the center, and looked down at her father as she repeated the words of the sacred promise she made to prese...ve her most precious gift for her husband, the man with whom she would spend her life. Then her father placed a promise ring on her finger; a ring never to be removed until it was replaced by a wedding ring.Sure, I knew that less than half of those girls were actually virgins, but it was still a beautiful ceremony, and I teared up every time.. "Samantha could not for the life of her speak; she was sure he had said, "Princess".A little irritably, the woman continued, "I am the Princess Ayda formerly Mrs. The Honourable Diana Featherstone, née The Honourable Diana Sturgess, wife to His Magnificence the Emir Mahmoud Abdullah, may he live for ever. You may call me Diana; everyone else does. Has my husband given you a name yet?" I-I'm Samantha, Your Majesty," and absurdly she tried to curtsey, naked."I said, call me Diana. Did my husband. None of it looked old to me. It was mostly kids clothes, shirts and pants and shorts. There were about fifteen pairs of tennis shoes too, good ones. He looked over everything, but he didn't write anything down. He just put it all in about seven bags for us, telling me it came to one hundred forty six dollars. That didn't seem like a fair price, and it probably was way less than it all had cost him. Mr. Chalmers tried to pay for it, but I made Mr. Kiner take the money that Mrs. Parsons had given. Heaven. Tell me what you think, James. Or do you want some ice or water or soda?’ The waitress was hovering. ‘Thank you, Kritsada, I take it neat I’m afraid.’ He smiled ever more broadly and almost bellowed, ‘excellent, me too.’ He turned to the girls and said, ‘I like this fellow more and more.’ I held the glass up to the light and it was beautifully clear and bright. I brought the glass to my nose and there was a lovely nutty scent in the aroma, it was light but with infinite depth. I took a.