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Posting inns of London varied from the large and famous—such as the Swan with Two Necks, the Bull and Mouth, the Angel, and the Golden Cross—on down to the smaller and also those older inns starting to fall on hard times. Keeping an inn going was an expensive prospect—the inn wasn’t just a place to catch the mail coach or the stage or find a room for the night, it served up coffee rooms, taverns, large halls for balls and meetings, private parlors and sitting rooms, carriers and wagons to haul goods, rented horses and coaches, and all of this required staff to keep it running smoothly.

Someone in your Regency Fiction is throwing a ball! What could be simpler than that? Wellington’s battle plan at Waterloo, perhaps? Hosting even a small ball was a major undertaking with dozens of moving parts. From the decision of location to the guest list, to the choice of décor, to the order and list of dances, every detail would have been carefully discussed and delineated by the host and/or hostess and a legion of servants and experts in the various skills necessary to put on the event of the Season.