Take a sip, take a sip, take a sip. Now I may speak. Remember your manners. Smile. That was a joke, laugh politely. Be perfect. If I am good I can live like this forever. I shall be porcelaine like the other women at this table. Only say what everyone wants to hear. Be pleasant. Ignore how he speaks to me. Listen to what my mother told me. When I am but a doll I won’t have to feel this. Frozen in this beautiful moment, perfectly content, perfect looks, perfect for him, perfect. Be perfect.