Wednesday, August 08, 2007

"The prince, a married man with nine children, set his mind on wooing her. The following day, when Harb returned from work to her small house in Jedda that she shared with cousins, a black limousine was waiting outside. The driver stepped out and handed her an envelope and a jewellery box. The envelope contained $20,000. Inside the box, she found a turquoise and diamond necklace and earrings. She gasped but sent them back. “I was a tough cookie. I looked at it, liked it very much, but it was too much for me to pay back,” she says. The next day, Fahd asked to have lunch. She said she did not have the type of food at home to entertain a prince. He arrived an hour later with a convoy of seven cars. Seven footmen, each holding Middle Eastern delicacies including pigeons, chicken, peaches and pomegranates, stepped out of the cars in unison and delivered their feast." (thanks Ala`a)