Do you still inveigh against the dangerous beast, which acts like the good Samaritan, and finds nothing more delightful than hearing or speaking of our dear saint ?" "And this in the Town Hall during the dance ?" asked Els, clasping her hands as if she had heard something unprecedented.
Eva, fairly radiant with joy, nodded assent; and Els heard the ring of pleasure in her clear voice, too, as she exclaimed: "That was just what made the ball so delightful.

The dancing! Oh, yes, it is easy enough to walk and turn in time to the music when one has such a knight for a partner; but that was by no means the pleasantest part of it.

During the interval--it seemed but an instant, yet it really lasted a considerable time--we first entered into conversation." "In one of the side rooms ?" asked Els, the bright colour fading from her cheeks.
"What are you thinking of ?" replied Eva in a tone of offence.

"I believe I know what is seemly as well as anybody else.

True, your Countess Cordula did not set the most praiseworthy example.