Why not 'distinguished'?" Because it's usually a synonym for 'old' and I may be over 40, but I don't feel old — yet. You look wonderful. That dress ...uits you. But I thought..." You thought I'd be shorter?"He nodded and I wondered if I wasn't being given a quid pro quo for my faux pas."It's the heels."I did a turn a little too quickly and bent a knee to bring one of my four-inch heels into better view in the low light."Once I learned to how walk in them without falling on my face, I wear them. One thing he does have plenty of is daughters, four of them from age 16 to 20. We don’t have a Maw anymore so help around the house is something. They’re being offered $20 a day credit on the debt and double if they stay overnight.They came over one at a time to be interviewed by Paw and me, Ah’m 16, and my brother Jeb is 14. We had them take off their duds and looked them over and ask questions. 16-year-old is a virgin, not too surprising, she’s kind of homely. The oldest one is married but. He was a silver-gray in color and very sleek and graceful looking. Even at 6 months old, when he mounted Linda he dwarfed her small frame. Then came the Doberman. He was a classic Doberman in appearance and had the look of death about him as most Dobermans do, so his registered name was Grim Reaper. We called him Reaper. After he was a little over a year old, he worked Linda over one night so thoroughly, she threatened, tongue-in-cheek of course, to name him Raper. Then the Rotty. His name was. ”“That’s true. He IS a nice guy, isn’t he?”“Yeah. Talking of nice guys, has there been any word from Tom Hancock about the new Commitment ceremony?”“Not as yet. Give him a ring tomorrow, Reg. It may have slipped his mind.”“Will do. I should go down and release the ladies from their basement vigil. I will give me practice in opening the door, too.”When Reg opened the wall door, he found that the lighting was on all the time. It appeared that it could be switched from the basement as well..