"Doting we will surely be. I have no doubt whatsoever of that." It was hard not to be. Nina wasn't perfect, but she was such a sweet child that her faults were easy to overlook.
"That's too bad. Did she want him to?" He had been to his share of dances and he knew how important it could be - or how devastating - not to be asked by the partner of your choice. Lives were built and destroyed, at least for the night, based on that.