<P> "Her First Ball" is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield . It was first published in The Sphere on 28 November 1921, and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories . </P> <P> A young girl called Leila has come to the city to stay with her cousins . They are going to a ball . Leila is very excited: this is her first ball . Once there, she is both excited and terrified . After dancing with several young boys her own age, she danced with a wrinkly balding man who has been coming to balls for a while . This spoils her mood until she dances with a good looking young gentleman where her worries disappear . </P> <Ul> <Li> Leila, a cousin of the Sheridan Girls in The Garden Party . She is 18 years old . </Li> <Li> Laura </Li> <Li> Laurie </Li> <Li> Meg </Li> <Li> Miss Eccles, Leila's dance teacher at boarding school . </Li> <Li> Jose </Li> <Li> The "Fat Man" </Li> <Li> the first partner </Li> <Li> the second partner </Li> <Li> the third partner </Li> <Li> the fourth partner </Li> <Li> the cab driver (just her imagination before the ball) </Li> </Ul>

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