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"What are you doing here?" Belle asked

Emma looked behind her to ascertain that the front door was still open and yelled, "WE'RE TAKING YOU TO THE BALL TONIGHT!"

"You are?"

"OH YES!"

"But why?"

Emma saw that the butler was about to close the door "Don't shut that yet," she hissed before turning to Belle and replying, "BECAUSE YOU ASKED US TO!"

"Oh, of course How silly of me"

Lady Worth wandered into the hall "What on earth is all the commotion?"

"I haven't the faintest idea," Persephonean odd look at Emma

"WE'RE TAKING BELLE AND JOHN TO THE BALL!" E about it"

Alex shut the door quickly and said, "I've been urging her to get her ears checked She's been doing this for three days"

Emma took Belle aside and whispered, "I just wanted to let our, er, eneathered"

"He won't try anything with all of us in the carriage"

"He could always cut an axle or so like that Then we'd all be in trouble"

"I don't think so Too et hurt He'll wait until later"

"What are you thispering about?" Caroline deht you could only shout Cohter I want to look in therimaced but allowed herself to be led off to the next roo," Persephone said "She's been acting curiously all evening"

"Thank you," Belle said as soon as her mother was out of earshot

"Don't h we've been having a devil of a tiht"

"So I' to let you pack her off to Yorkshire after having so ed his shoulders before turning to"