Dancing Questions


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Posted by Lisa on July 15, 1997 at 11:28:00:

Here are a few questions I have on dancing.

At an assembly or at a ball, were cards filled out before the dance began or did a person just dance with whomever asked them? I'm asking this because I've heard of dance cards and was wondering when that custom began.

I just want to be clear, a man couldn't go up to a girl and ask her to dance unless they had been formally introduced right?

When Lizzy tells Darcy that she's not inclined to dance, this is a way of refusing him but doesn't that also mean that she can't partake in any other dance for the rest of the evening?




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