Early May, 1894 — Kensington House, London
Since her graduation from Hogwarts Willa's days had been divided into The Season and The Not. The Season came with a very particular schedule, invariable though the events themselves changed week to week: breakfast, calling hour, afternoon tea, an excursion with the purpose of being seen such as a promenade or a carriage ride, back home to change, and away to either a dinner party or a ball. The Not had a strict schedule as well, though of a different nature. The most notable difference was the trading of any socializing for a rotating portfolio of lessons. French, music, art, dancing, riding, geography... it took a good deal to be considered accomplished, but Willa had been told it was worth the title. In early May they were on the cusp of the Season, but today was still one of the Nots; she had just concluded her penultimate pianoforte lesson of the spring, to be resumed again in the fall.
"Do you suppose my ability to distinguish adagio from andante is what will convince my future husband I am the one for him?" Willa asked playfully on entering her mother's tea room. She didn't really mind piano, or her tutor, but it had been difficult to devote proper focus to the piece she had been asked to play given that she wouldn't touch it again for weeks. It was too complex a piece to perform at someone's house if asked to play; her tutor was the only one who would hear it, probably. "I stumbled over the final phrase. I believe Mr. Standler was annoyed."
"Do you suppose my ability to distinguish adagio from andante is what will convince my future husband I am the one for him?" Willa asked playfully on entering her mother's tea room. She didn't really mind piano, or her tutor, but it had been difficult to devote proper focus to the piece she had been asked to play given that she wouldn't touch it again for weeks. It was too complex a piece to perform at someone's house if asked to play; her tutor was the only one who would hear it, probably. "I stumbled over the final phrase. I believe Mr. Standler was annoyed."
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