"She's going to change the world, Baroness, with or without you. Wouldn't it be so much more satisfying to be part of it?"

"And I suppose that young man...."

"He's going to help her. He is strong, loving, a gentleman. He'd lay down his life for her."

The Baroness sighed and dropped her head.

"I was young once." She lifted her head and squared her shoulders. "I'd better go be properly introduced."

Cal watched as the Baroness walked across the dance floor, ...