Chapter 14
The Minuet
“FATHER, WHY DO I have to go to this ball? I’m too busy. I don’t have time for this.”
“I’m surprised you would ask such a question. You’re always telling me that I’m old-fashioned and not open to new ways. Don’t you think a social function where grands blancs are willing to mingle with gens de couleur is important? It may not be the biggest event of the year, but over twenty people should be in attendance, and it is being held at Beaumont. So don’t be foolish, Patrice, this is something you must attend.”
“As you wish, Father.”
Guillame Beaumont worried about Patrice, who at the age of twenty-nine had no prospects for marriage. Three of the most desirable and unmarried gens de couleur women would be at the ball. Hopefully, one of these beauties would catch his son
