you may go out however you come back before midnight, she had said, but the young girl stayed out until one, whereas her Godmother had been very clear as to the consequences of her actions : although she left the ball when the clock struck twelve, she would be punish. Since the girl forgot how late is was. She had come there in order to dance, and dance she did, provided her ugly stepsisters had to sit and watch her enviously unless nobody asked them to dance.
