Her heart consequently beat high as she made her way upstairs, linked arm-in-arm with Ugolina Neverbend.
'Shall you dance much ?' said Ugolina.
'Oh, I hope so,' said Katie.
'I shall not.

It is an amusement of which I am peculiarly fond, and for which my active habits suit me.' This was probably said with some allusion to her sister, who was apt to be short of breath.

'But in the dances of the present day conversation is impossible, and I look upon any pursuit as barbaric which stops the "feast of reason and the flow of soul."' Katie did not quite understand this, but she thought in her heart that she would not at all mind giving up talking for the whole evening if she could only get dancing enough.

But on this matter her heart misgave her.

To be sure, she was engaged to Charley for the first quadrille and second waltz; but there her engagements stopped, whereas Clementina, as she was aware, had a whole book full of them.