While exchanging greetings with smiles, noble ladies and their sons and daughters that they brought along are also proving each others positions, chatting about hairstyles and clothes, while appraising each other. Investigating while covering behind the mask of friendliness, they are looking for cracks in the opponents mask, closely examining them.
Looking for friends and foes, Matching the tune played by the orchestra, they hide their malice in the gaps between their silly conversations and flowery words.
From small talk the conversations turn to gossip, and the true colors that they were hiding come out. Acting strong while shaking from fear, they are opposing each other while seeking allies. This ball is a microcosm of the extremely ugly aristocratic society.
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