Both he and Grosvenor, who was also adaptable, seeing good in everything, plunged deep into the festivities.

He danced with young women and with old, and Willet more than once gave him an approving glance.

It seemed that the hunter always wished him to fit himself into any group with which he might be cast, and to make himself popular, and to do so Robert's temperament needed little encouragement.
The music and the dancing never ceased.

When the black musicians grew tired their places were taken by others as black and as zealous, and on they went in a ceaseless alternation.

Robert learned that the guests would dance all night and far into the next day, and that frequently at the great houses a ball continued two days and two nights.
About three o'clock in the morning, after a long dance that left him somewhat weary, he went upon one of the wide piazzas to rest and take the fresh air.