Helen caught the idea; seized Miss Allan by the arm, and whirled round the room, now curtseying, now spinning round, now tripping this way and that like a child skipping through a meadow.
"This is the dance for people who don't know how to dance!" she cried.
The tune changed to a minuet; St.John hopped with incredible swiftness first on his left leg, then on his right; the tune flowed melodiously; Hewet, swaying his arms and holding out the tails of his coat, swam down the room in imitation of the voluptuous dreamy dance of an Indian maiden dancing before her Rajah.

The tune marched; and Miss Allen advanced with skirts extended and bowed profoundly to the engaged pair.

Once their feet fell in with the rhythm they showed a complete lack of self-consciousness.

From Mozart Rachel passed without stopping to old English hunting songs, carols, and hymn tunes, for, as she had observed, any good tune, with a little management, became a tune one could dance to.

By degrees every person in the room was tripping and turning in pairs or alone.