"Perhaps Monday?" Topaz asked hopefully. She wouldn't dream of asking him to take time out of his evening on a Friday or Saturday. Neither Delight nor Ruby had chosen the traditional debutante route, but they were still invited to things and still needed chaperones on occasion, and Aunt Evelyn couldn't be everywhere at once. Eager as she was to start, she could not in good conscious do so at her sisters' detriment — she had done quite enough to their detriment already, through no fault of her own.
pinned my hopes to the summit of someday
Magnolia