And yet, if I might dare to hope that you would give me this waltz----" "No, no," says she, still with her most charming air.

"I am not dancing to-night.

I shall not dance this year." "That is a Median law, no doubt," says he.

"If you will not dance with me, then may I hope that you will give me the few too short moments that this waltz may contain ?" Hardinge makes a vague movement but an impetuous one.

If the girl had realized the fact of his love for her, she might have been touched and influenced by it, but as it is she feels only a sense of anger towards him.