Belle strode through the door, anxious to get home.  "Dad, are you ready?"  She stopped in her steps when she saw the Ambassador.  "Oops!  Sorry!"  Her face reddened.  She should have waited for Alice to tell her if her Dad was alone.  "I did not mean to interrupt."  Since they were all standing near the door, she knew the meeting was over and they had just been on their way out.  "Oh, Ambassador, I meant to tell you that we are very informal at home, so please don't feel you have to dress up."  She smiled at him, taking in many little details she had missed at their first meeting.  She looked at her father.  "Were you on your way out?  Because I'm ready to go home if you are.  Or I can take a cab if you need to stay longer."  She was so aware of the Ambassador's closeness the hairs on her arms tingled.  Maybe she had time to get her hair done.<br/>