Even when she attended banquets, she would show up in formal clothing.

Isabella did not remember the last time she wore a dress.

Perhaps it was when she was in third grade.

In fact, she liked wearing pretty princessy dresses when she was young.

Her mother had told her that.

As Isabella was the first child and extremely adorable, Delphine had dolled her up like a princess.

Her pretty dresses filled the closet.

Her parents, aunts, uncles, and relatives would always gift her many beautiful dresses.

As she grew up, perhaps when she was in fourth grade, she stopped wearing dresses.

Regardless of who gave her new pieces, she would refuse to wear them and give them to her cousins instead.

After everyone realized she disliked dresses, they gradually stopped giving her them.

Delphine had asked Isabella why she disliked wearing dresses.

Isabella reasoned that she could not walk quickly enough while wearing one. She valued speed and efficiency.

Delphine said she had alway