"I've had it for a bit, but I haven't had an occasion to wear it. There's been quite the dearth of parties," Lydia complained. "I don't know what Mr. Stark has that ballroom for if he's not going to use it." Lydia would never let a perfectly good ballroom go to waste. "And yes, it is my birthday tomorrow. Can you imagine it, I shall be twenty! Lizzy married at twenty, and I thought she was so old."