Chapter 10
William watches Lizzy leave and he thinks (She never walks away when something is wrong, she fights until the last word is said.) This man who upset her is going to account for his actions. William walks back into the main room searching for the gentleman that had upset her.
William finds the last person whom spoke with Lizzy, he walks up to him. The man was directing a maid to pick up his glass and belittling Lizzy for dropping it. "Excuse me sir but the maids do not supply you drinks. Go on now Cindy finish serving the trays, it is ok." Will turns to the man and holds out his hand. "Hi my name is William. I am the host of the party and you just upset a young lady that I have come to respect. What did you say to upset her?"
"How could you let a pauper, no lower then that in upper class clothes and parties? She is low class and she should be treated as a server and no more. Your father would be disgraced by your lack of respect of our social boundaries."
"My Father would be proud that I look beyond birth rights and see the person for who they really are" Will say. "Your father was a sad excuse of a man and now you carry in his ungrateful footsteps."
"Sir I am asking you to leave and never darken my doorstep again. If I see you again then we will have a problem. No one speaks of my father's memory the way you just did and lives to speak of him again. The only reason you are still standing is I do not want to disrupt my mother's party." Will turns away from the man as he walks, worried about Lizzy. She was so upset. He walks thru the kitchen and up the back steps of his home. Lizzy is at the top crying, as he approaches.
Lizzy has try so hard to be a women that would make her family proud, but people can not see pass what street she was born on. "Hey, are you all right? I hope that you did not take to heart what that stupid man said. I think you are a beautiful woman and any man who marries you should be proud to have you."
"Thank you sir but he was right all I will ever be is the lowest class. You and madam treat will so well and I thought that if I worked really hard then I could better myself. I guess not. If you will excuse me I will take this beautiful dress that misses let me wear off, then start cleaning the kitchen." Lizzy stands and walks towards her room, she turns and there stands William at her door. "Would you do me the honor of a dance with the most graceful woman at the party?"
"I do not understand, are you asking me to dance with you?" "Yes" "I have dreamed of dancing with you for so long." Will places his hands on her and starts to sway with the music. He thinks this is nice; maybe I can have my cake and eat it too.