More photos from the ball!
updated by @twelfth-night: 06 Oct 2016 06:20:32AM
Such a shame - all those attractive gentlemen of elevated title, so terribly distracted by those tiresome maps. Not one of them had his eye on the Duchess's elegant neckline, or indeed on my own. Of course I did not expect an eye from Wellington, but some of the others I expected to be more observant. And their wives sometimes accuseme of poor breeding - !
The roast pork was excellent, however, and the champagne very effective in its proper task.
Elizabeth, Countess Conyngham