But after a moment he halted, protesting.
"These prison brogans were not intended by their builders for such work.

If you've got to dance, you'll have to work it out of your system alone." "All right!" At once, in the midst of the dingy room, humming the music, she was doing Carmen's dance--wild, provocative, alluring.

It was not a remarkable performance in any professionally technical sense; but it had vivid personality; she was light, lithe, graceful, flashing with color and spirits.
"Maggie!" he exclaimed, when she had finished and stood before him glowing and panting.

"Good! Where did you learn that ?" "In the chorus of a cabaret revue." "Is that what you're doing now, working in a chorus ?" "No.

Barney and father said a chorus was no place for me." She drew nearer.