The loving child's happiness could be sensed through the air once her eyes got to meet her Father.
Seating gentlemanly where those important to the Empire seated apart from the multitude, the Duke's presence was simply reassuring to her heart just by the glad demeanour he portrayed in a smile she could easily recognise from a distance.
'... There he is… We definitely can't faint now, sweetheart. We have to make your dad happy and proud… That way, he can be sure we are doing well.'
Determined to make her Father feel merrier, Marianne became taller, tracing with her gaze the many heads that were starting to buzz into murmurs, wondering if something would come out of her mouth.
The two royalties standing along heart the stage merely observed, aware that the lady's every motion was part of her calm self to take in the sights before doing something they were to follow.
