Snippet #2540417

As Marie looked at the bird couples fly by, chirping away, her mother soon appeared. "Marie? Darling, where is your fiance? Shouldn't he be.. With you?" Marie sighed. "He went off to read, mother and I don't blame him. I'm not of the talkative sort." Her mother seemed to grow annoyed. When her father came into view for rounding them up to a ball, herbmother told him of what she found out. Her father said softly. "Marie, please try your best to interest him. We need this. If he does not take then we will have to look elsewhere." Marie nodded solemnly.

Upon arrival to the ball, Marie arrived alone. Her parents were probably doing something his, which she had no interest in. She walked in and was immediately downcast. No one knew who she was, and as she hadn't arrived with the Prince, they thought she was a wannabe, and would not allow her in. Tears pricked her eyes as she started down the steps.