"All the rest must have seemed very cheap afterwards." "Perhaps he was more at home with the cheap variety," he suggested carelessly.
His eyes had wandered to the buzzing throng behind her, and she saw a glint of criticism--or was it merely easy contempt ?--dispel the smile with which he had regarded her.

His mouth wore a faint but unmistakable sneer.
But in a moment his look returned to her, kindled upon her.

"Are you for the ice carnival to-night ?" he asked.
She drew a quick, eager breath.

"Oh, I do want to come! But I don't know--yet--if I shall be allowed." "Why ask ?" he questioned.
She hesitated, then ingenuously she told him her difficulty.

"I got into trouble last night for dancing so late with you.