"You couldn't be so shabby as that!" Dinah's chin pointed merrily upwards.

The situation had its humour.

It was certainly rather amusing to elude him.

She knew he had caught her far too easily the night before.
"It's all I have to offer," she declared.
"Meaning you're not going to dance more than one dance ?" he asked.
She opened her laughing eyes wide.

"Why should it mean that?
You're not the only man in the room, are you ?" Sir Eustace's jaw set itself suddenly after a fashion that made him look formidable, albeit he laughed back at her with his eyes.