@spikepipsqueak,
Launching a debutante into the social whirl when she came of age was a delicate process putting it as mildly as I can. The institution, now in disrepute, was actually, when analysed scientifically, a refined and conncinated dance, with all due respect paid to the established proprietaries, an auction block on which virginity was knocked down to the highest bidder with the sweet, demure examples invariably fetching the highest prices.