Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Romance Alley is, of course, a charming place … It’s a boom town, too … it really is a pretty place. Everything is lavender-tinted, and the cottages have roses round the doors, and knights riding by in shining armor, and amazingly beautiful young couples stroll by under the blossoming trees. (Weldon’s "The City of Invention", p. 25) Which word would best describe the tone Weldon uses in her depiction of Romance Alley?