Juliet states that Romeo invited her to dinner on a particular day though she does not keep a journal because keeping a diary is risking it be used as evidence against you and journaling about the events of the day at the end of the day is "...like asking a gally-slave to take a scull in a pleasure-boat after his toil is over."
She goes on to describe how Romeo came to invite her to dinner with his parents and others. First he mentions that he is hosting a dinner at the Savoy -a dinner for a particular purpose, and then he tells he his mother, Cornelia, will be there. She theorizes that he mentions this because he wants her to not be surprised when she is picked up at the party though Juliet expected this and found it endearing that he reassure her. After all this he finally invites her to join them. She deliberates silently then accepts.
The night of the dinner, Cornelia's bourgham arrives at precisely ten minutes to 8 o'clock. She listens stiffly and passively to Juliet's attempts at conversation. When they arrive, she is introduced and seated at the table. Over the course of the dinner conversation, she studies the guests. Lady Donisthorpe has a daughter named Meta that she conspicuously desires Romeo to marry and Cornelia passively concurs with her. Despite Lady Donisthorpe's quiet disapproval and Cornelia's poorly disguised jabs at her position in society, she has a good time. After one such jab, Cornelia writes something on a note and hands it to Romeo. The importance of this is revealed after they retire to the balcony for Turkish coffee. At this point Romeo disappears for a time. Later they adjourn to the theater where Juliet notices, and is noticed by, the Grand Vizier. She worries to herself that he will call out ungracefully and embarrass her inadvertently all while under the mammas' scrutinizing gaze. Alas, he does not and Ms. Appleton is relieved. After the show, what the note said is revealed to have said in no uncertain terms that Juliet will not be returned home in Cornelia's bourgham, so Romeo had called another to take her home. The chapter closes with her crying and thinking about Romeo.
She goes on to describe how Romeo came to invite her to dinner with his parents and others. First he mentions that he is hosting a dinner at the Savoy -a dinner for a particular purpose, and then he tells he his mother, Cornelia, will be there. She theorizes that he mentions this because he wants her to not be surprised when she is picked up at the party though Juliet expected this and found it endearing that he reassure her. After all this he finally invites her to join them. She deliberates silently then accepts.
The night of the dinner, Cornelia's bourgham arrives at precisely ten minutes to 8 o'clock. She listens stiffly and passively to Juliet's attempts at conversation. When they arrive, she is introduced and seated at the table. Over the course of the dinner conversation, she studies the guests. Lady Donisthorpe has a daughter named Meta that she conspicuously desires Romeo to marry and Cornelia passively concurs with her. Despite Lady Donisthorpe's quiet disapproval and Cornelia's poorly disguised jabs at her position in society, she has a good time. After one such jab, Cornelia writes something on a note and hands it to Romeo. The importance of this is revealed after they retire to the balcony for Turkish coffee. At this point Romeo disappears for a time. Later they adjourn to the theater where Juliet notices, and is noticed by, the Grand Vizier. She worries to herself that he will call out ungracefully and embarrass her inadvertently all while under the mammas' scrutinizing gaze. Alas, he does not and Ms. Appleton is relieved. After the show, what the note said is revealed to have said in no uncertain terms that Juliet will not be returned home in Cornelia's bourgham, so Romeo had called another to take her home. The chapter closes with her crying and thinking about Romeo.
