Despite Hera's efforts to ignore Minerva, Minerva seemed determined to provoke her, even going so far as to approach Hera and loudly deliver her snide remarks. Alice, who was attempting to pull Minerva away, looked at Hera with a helpless expression.
"Minerva, it's not our place to comment on who she's with. Let's just go," Alice said, trying to pull Minerva to the other side of the room. However, her comment subtly implied that Hera was a promiscuous woman who was always with different men.