My good fortune is beyond words that I have been first to see it.

Permit me, fair lady." Peter bent and kissed both her hands.

He hesitated a second, then he turned the right hand and left one more kiss in its palm.
"To have and to hold!" he said whimsically.
"Thank you," said Linda, closing her fist over it and holding it up for inspection.

"I'll see that it doesn't escape.

And this minute I thank you for the candy, which I know is delicious, and for my very first sheaf of roses from any man.