From all the socializing she’d done today, Annie was one of the people she was most pleased to encounter. Not only because she was a familiar face like Lydie but because Annie represented the outside world - she was proof that a woman could succeed outside. It had been done before. And while Ada certainly didn’t have many aspirations that aligned with her friend’s, it still proved to her that if Annie could do it, so could she.

“Oh yes, let’s.” Ada agreed, walking over to the refreshment table. Shuffling her skirts around so she wouldn’t bump or trip Annie took some practice, but soon Edelweiss was able to pour herself and her friend some of the punch.

“I’ve danced with a few of my classmates, but I don’t think I’ve gotten asked to dance by many interested suitors,” She conversed. “Still early days and all that, you know.”