Most of the formalities of the ball had already occurred, so the star of it standing off to the side didn't attract a ton of attention. The county held two balls a year, a start of spring season and pre harvest ball at the end of the summer. It wasn't uncommon to see the girl occupying a booth with a book with a strange title. The distance they were from the capital meant there wasn't massive complex social circles and cliques to guide the public, but gossip was ever present.
Today however they would get to see her dance.
