Frustrated
Clare later said, “When I got into the ballroom I laughed, because I was surrounded by girls in much shorter dresses then me, albeit they were shorter, and therefore stood out less in the crowd, but it was still frustrating.” At the very least, she was instead. She was ready to have a good night, of course.
The Dads
James said that the dance was rather awkward since it was chaperoned, unlike the years before that. He said that there were a lot of folks standing around in the center of the dance floor. The fact that the dads and chaperones looked down on them from the balcony made things more than a little uncomfortable.