Miss Dantes' slip up wasn't missed to Seneca, who would have found the gesture terribly bold if she were a man. But Miss Dantes wasn't a man and they were merely two women who'd found that they could become good friends... Right? Seneca could sense a draw towards the other woman, one that she thought that only men could and should cause within her, but she wasn't worldly enough to label these emotions. She couldn't so readily name the chemistry she felt towards Miss Dantes, as she did with Mr. Flint, for example.

"I would be most pleased to pay you a call," Seneca told the other woman when their dance finished.

Not one to let her emotions consume her, Seneca felt excited for what the future could hold for her and Miss Dantes.

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