Hester had been quite excited to receive an invitation to a party, no matter how small and intimate the gathering was alleged to be. She dressed in a new purple samite, vair wrapped around her shoulders and hair swept up into a high chignon that left her pretty neck exposed. She was perhaps a bit overdressed, but it was just as good an opportunity as any to do so.
She paused near the entryway, taking a glass of hippocras from a passing servant.