"Oh, no one expects to sleep here," he said lightly.

"You skate all day and dance all night.

That's the programme." Her lips parted a little.

"I--dance!" she said.
"Why not ?" said Eustace.
She made a gesture that was almost expressive of horror.

"When I dance," she said, in her deep voice, "you may put me under lock and key for good and all, for I shall be mad indeed." "Don't be silly!" he said sharply.
She shrank as if at a blow, and on the instant very quietly Scott intervened.