The Mason’s event was thankfully, not a ball. Liliana certainly didn’t feel like dancing. Instead, they had hired a number of entertainers to take up rooms in their mansion and guests were free to wander through, talking and enjoying the variety. Lilias noted a quartet played in an orangery, across from the main house with enough space for dancing if a couple was determined. In the library, actors were performing short, humorous scenes. A pair of jugglers in the dining hall, a fire eater in the large open space of the grand staircase. A room, made mostly of marble pillars with a stone floor. She wore a less elaborate dress of dark green. It had long sleeves and a fitted bodice that covered her chest to the base of her throat. The skirts were not for dancing, but she was confident that she
