it isn't letting me submit my answer so i will comment on this answer.
because she doesn't think of Paris fondly and doesn't want to marry him. She wants to tell her mother this but doesn't want to disappoint her. She tells her mother that she will keep an open mind about Paris while at the party.
If this is true or false i would say that it is True.
Authors want to be able to put a theme out for everyone to learn from it.
Hope it helps
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