She put on the white muslin frock which she had worn for dinner ever since she had been with the de Vignes.

It gave her a fairylike daintiness that had a charm of its own of which she was utterly unconscious.

Perhaps fortunately, she had no time to think of her appearance.

When she descended again, her eyes were still shining with a happiness so obvious that Billy, meeting her, exclaimed, "What have you got to be so cheerful about ?" She proceeded to tell him of the glorious afternoon she had spent, and was still in the midst of her description when Sir Eustace came up and joined them.
"I thought you would manage it," he said, with smiling assurance.

"And now how many may I have?
All the waltzes ?" Dinah's laugh rang so gaily that several heads were turned in her direction, and she smothered it in alarm.
"I can only give you one," she said, with a great effort at sobriety.
"What?
Oh, nonsense!" he protested, his blue eyes dominating hers.