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The Gentleman
The young boy at the ball is Dolly’s last dance partner. While he dances with Dolly, he gapes openly at the belle of the ball, a different girl who has been deemed the prettiest and most popular at the dance. He dances badly and doesn’t wear gloves, but he doesn’t seem to care about his appearance or what other people think of him, even though other people call him a nuisance.
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The Young Boy Character Timeline in ‘And Women Must Weep’
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‘And Women Must Weep’
...she makes poor conversation. She worries she will seem unintelligent. Next, Dolly dances with a young boy , but he stares unabashedly at a different girl, the “belle of the ball,” the...
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