They only asked their own families, relations (not the poor ones), and visitors.

When Georgie was invited to this ball it was indeed a triumph.

Her poor mother cried with pleasure over her ball dress.

Poor woman, she was a good, a too good, mother, but she had never been to a ball.

There were, of course, parties, picnics, and so on, to which Georgie, having entered the charmed circle, was now asked; and thus her mind from the beginning centred in the town.