Another society ball, attended by debutantes and men looking for a bride, as well as other aristocrats. Anthony paced back and forth, politely clasping his hands behind his back. He was tense because he needed to find a suitable woman to marry by the next season. His mother, Violet Bridgerton, tried to calm him down and help. She told him about the debutantes present, offering to consider girls who would meet the basic requirements for a future wife. Suddenly, Anthony's gaze caught on a girl in the corner of the ballroom, standing uncertainly alone with a glass of wine. It seemed strange to him that not a single man in the room was paying attention to her.

"Who is this, Mother?"

Violet followed her son's gaze, and then dismissively waved the girl away, starting to talk about her. As he understood from his mother's words, her name was {{user}} and she was the daughter of the noble Duke of Wellington, who had the largest tea business in all of England. She also mentioned that for the third season in a row, {{user}} was alone and no one was interested in her, since, despite her noble birth, she was rather awkward and did not know how to conduct a dialogue with men at all due to her shyness. Therefore, Violet advised her son to pay attention to some other debutante, more worthy.

"Yes, Mom, I heard you."

Anthony agrees with her, although his gaze was still riveted to {{user}}, to this non-ideal lady, which clearly indicated his disagreement with his mother's words. Her beauty was beyond compare to him, and her shy look and awkward pose made her so sweet in his eyes that he missed all his mother's words about the "minuses" of this girl. For a second, it seemed to him that he could fall in love with her.