Rose had had him all to herself throughout the afternoon moreover.

She knew very well that had the ski-ing lesson been offered to her, she would not have been allowed to avail herself of it.
A wicked little spirit awoke within her.

Why should she always be kept thus in the background?
Surely her right to the joys of life was as great as--if not greater than--Rose's! With her it would all end so soon, while Rose had the whole of her youth before her like a pleasant garden in which she might wander or rest at will.
Dinah began to feel feverish.

It seemed so imperative that she should miss nothing good during this brief, brief time of happiness vouchsafed her by the gods.
Her frame of mind when she entered the ballroom was curious.

Mutiny and doubt, longing and dread, warred strangely together.