The historic ball given by the then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs -- Lord Grenville -- was the most brilliant function of the year. Though the autumn season had only just begun, everybody who was anybody had contrived to be in London in time to be present there, and to shine at this ball, to the best of his or her respective ability.

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