When Mr.Allan called out my name I really cannot tell how I ever got up on that platform.

I felt as if a million eyes were looking at me and through me, and for one dreadful moment I was sure I couldn't begin at all.

Then I thought of my lovely puffed sleeves and took courage.

I knew that I must live up to those sleeves, Diana.

So I started in, and my voice seemed to be coming from ever so far away.