And what was my observation about the coupling?
Dan Merion would make her Irish all over.

And she has a vein of Spanish blood in her; for he had; and she's got the colour .-- But you spoke of their coupling--or I did.

Oh, a man can hold his own with an English roly-poly mate: he's not stifled! But a woman hasn't his power of resistance to dead weight.

She's volatile, she's frivolous, a rattler and gabbler--haven't I heard what they say of Irish girls over there?
She marries, and it's the end of her sparkling.

She must choose at home for a perfect harmonious partner.' Lady Dunstane expressed her opinion that her couple danced excellently together.
'It'd be a bitter thing to see, if the fellow couldn't dance, after leading her out!' sighed Mr.Sullivan Smith.