She put too much of her energy into the motion, and was too anxious to do the mechanical part of the work in a manner that should be satisfactory to her partner.

"Oh! thank you;--it's very nice.

I shall be able to go on again directly." Her conversation with Crosbie did not get much beyond that, and yet she felt that she had never done better than on this occasion.
Though there were, at most, not above five couples of dancers, and though they who did not dance, such as the squire and Mr Boyce, and a curate from a neighbouring parish, had, in fact, nothing to amuse them, the affair was kept on very merrily for a considerable number of hours.

Exactly at twelve o'clock there was a little supper, which, no doubt, served to relieve Mrs Hearn's _ennui_, and at which Mrs Boyce also seemed to enjoy herself.

As to the Mrs Boyces on such occasions, I profess that I feel no pity.