Merchant houses and Nobles, always a party for entertainment and being two powerful "merchant" houses the Lovelaces and Foxes simply must go.

>.> Sometimes they remember to bring people to stop uncle Albert from making an ass of himself...sometimes they don't (because he forgets to tell them about said parties until the last minute)

But to be fair...sometimes Lady Lovelace remembers to bring her own social guards as well to stop the Lazy merchant from dragging her reputation down a few steps.