He was as remarkable as some free and dignified denizen of the forest in the midst of domestic animals.

She mentally put him down for a waltz, and before five minutes had elapsed he was bowing before her while a mutual friend murmured his name.

One does not know how young ladies manage these little affairs, but the fact remains that they are managed.

Moreover, it is a singular thing that the young persons who succeed in the ballroom rarely succeed on the larger and rougher floor of life.

Your belle of the ball, like your Senior Wrangler, never seems to do much afterwards--and Afterwards is Life.
The other young men rather fell back before Guy Oscard--scared, perhaps, by his long stride, and afraid that he might crush their puny toes.