Penelope noticed Odette's provoking tone, but her composure wasn't lost.
"As a lady from a prestigious family, you ought to take care of your image more instead of humiliating yourself. Do you know what they call you? Uncultured and even worse.
You might feel proud of how you are behaving, but you need to open your eyes and see your surroundings. Is there anything positive about others laughing at you, treating you as a joke and with hostility.
Although the image of our family is already terrible in the eyes of outsiders, it doesn't mean you have to tarnish it further. As a woman, you should sort out your priorities or else you will be the one to suffer.
While you need to be harsh to survive in here, it's the same for the social world. You can't do as you please and fight it in the same manner. You have to choose other tactics. The world out there isn't as easygoing. It won't work in your favor just because you're smart or strong."
