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The Lady-Friend’s Son
Dolly’s third dance partner of the evening is a gentleman who prefers to sit out of the dancing and watch the other attendees of the ball instead. He requires a lot of convincing by Auntie Cha and her lady-friend’s son to dance with Dolly. Dolly finds him ugly and rude. He gruffly informs her that he’s a poor dancer. He steps on her foot in the middle of the waltz, which flusters her and causes Dolly to make a mistake too. He tersely accepts her apology for her misstep.
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‘And Women Must Weep’
...be glad because she knows that’s how she should act. Then Dolly dances with a gentleman who had been watching the ball without joining in himself. He speaks rudely, dances poorly,...
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