Her eyebrows arched notably at the word frugality—she had never known anyone attached to the school, be it their patroness or the students themselves, to be attached to such a term! Still, Bellona was hardly about to disallow Antigone her little barbs—as long as they weren't pointed at her, they were easily endured!

"My diary has been so full I have scarcely had time to catch my breath!" Bella offered, though her smile was decidedly more strained now than it had been just moments before. "There was India, of course—oh, it sounded rather daring, but it was quite lavish in the end!—and the St Mungo's luncheon, plus so many balls I feel as though I've lost count!" But no "fortuitous arrangement", and so the debutante carefully danced around that cursed cobblestone.