[Perhaps the parties at home weren't boring to everyone else, but when there was a lack of desirable dance partners and more mothers trying to marry off their girls than anything else, well...]
I'm not quite used to parties like this, either. I'd much rather find a book, but...
[Experience said that bringing out a book around alcohol was just asking for it to be ruined or destroyed.]
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[Perhaps the parties at home weren't boring to everyone else, but when there was a lack of desirable dance partners and more mothers trying to marry off their girls than anything else, well...]
I'm not quite used to parties like this, either. I'd much rather find a book, but...
[Experience said that bringing out a book around alcohol was just asking for it to be ruined or destroyed.]