And--and--I may dance with him--just once, mayn't I?
There couldn't be any harm in just one dance.

No one would notice that, would they ?" She pressed close to the Colonel with her petition, and he found it hard to refuse.

She made it with so childlike an earnestness, and--all his pomposity notwithstanding--he had a soft heart for children.
"There, be off with you!" he said.

"Yes, you may give him one dance if he asks for it.

But only one, mind! That's a bargain, is it ?" Dinah beamed radiant acquiescence.