Knowing Jonathan, 'bored of the ball' may be sooner rather than later, and Arabella will have to remind him that to leave sooner would be risking the ire of their host ... or normally it would. She doesn't even know who the host of this ball is! The puzzle of that, at least, keeps her from easing Jonathan's hands off her waist, which means it won't be hard at all for him to steal another kiss like the utterly shameless, hopelessly married man he is.

She'll let him have a good five seconds or so of that before she places a hand to his chest and gently nudges him back, smiling and knowing that she shouldn't be encouraging this, but ... she doesn't know a single other soul here, it feels like!

"Where all the other dancers can see?" she teases, gently. "Don't you think there are enough rumors about you already?"