As well as altering the gown in no time, there was her hair to do and all.

The masks bothered me less because it's TV, and at this point, the heroine and hero, at least, are all about being their authentic selves. But you're totally right about Charlotte's lack of learning curve.

There's a fic to be written about what all the servants at Sanditon were really up to, as opposed to being present at their posts. Something like that book Longbourne, which I haven't read.

RUN, ESTHER< RUN.