All couples to dance till they drop!" There were a dozen up immediately, amongst whom Dalrymple and Mademoiselle Annette, and Mueller with one of the ballet ladies, were the first to start.

As for Josephine, she proved to be a damsel of forty-galop power.

She never wanted to rest, and she never cared to leave off.

She did not even look warm when it was over.

I wonder to this day how it was that I did not die on the spot.
When the galop was ended, we all went upstairs to Monsieur Adrien's garret, where Monsieur Adrien, who had red hair and wore glasses, received us in person, and made us welcome.