Belle grinned.  If she didn't know better, she would think her father had planned this all along, just for her.  "As a matter of fact, Daddy, I was just thinking about getting my hair done for tonight.  Do you think you could wait around for me to do that?"  That would be perfect.  She would look her best tonight.  Strange, though.  She didn't know why she was making such a big deal about this dinner.  They had entertained plenty of foreign dignitaries before.  And it wasn't like she got all moon-eyed over men.  She could do very well on her own.  She wondered what he would wear.<br/><br/>She realized her father was speaking to her just in time to hear him ask her about the Ambassador being agreeable.  She shrugged her shoulders.  "He seems pretty nice."  She turned her face to the door so he wouldn't see her smiling.