Diana Welsher

Moon Goddess

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Moon Goddess…

Would you know a pure goddess of the moon if you saw one?

You wouldn't? Then we suggest you look more closely at the photograph, which, incidentally, is of a lovely girl named Diana Welsher. Our infallible Dictionary of Girl's Names assures us that the name Diana means pure goddess of the moon. This rather seems to prove something, if only that Dictionaries of Girls' Names are a lot of rubbish.

Did Diana think she matched up to the title of "Pure Goddess of the Moon?"

'Depends on what you mean by pure,' she said, giving us a shrewd look. "I mean, I like pure things. Like pure whisky, for instance never any water with it.' But what about the "Goddess of the Moon" bit?

"Maybe that fits, too," she said. "I'm out late most nights with friends .. maybe I see more of the moon than the sun."

Diana has a good life. Parties every night and nothing to do but relax during the day ... Seems her father owns seventeen gold mines, and her mother has just inherited two and a half million pounds from an uncle who had twenty-three oil wells. On top of this, Diana won £25,000 last week on her premium bond. But, she says, she's not going to let the £25,000 change her life. She'll put it away in the bank and carry on exactly as before lazing in the sun, sipping iced Pimm’s, perhaps a taste of caviar for elevens, provided she's awake by then, of course. A glass or two of champagne when she feels in need of mild refreshment.

At this point we had to leave, as her father had just come home with a present for her.

"Oh, not another steam yacht, daddy," we heard her protest.

Well, being a Pure Goddess of the Moon can be rather a strain sometimes.

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