"I don't want it, truly.

Just give me a glass of water, and let me sit still a minute without seeing anybody.

It is exhausting to dance like that." "Yes, dear, it is.

Now rest quietly, and I'll keep everybody away, until you feel like seeing them." But Patty was keyed up with the excitement of the occasion and unwilling to rest for very long.

So, with Alla's help, she was soon rearrayed in her red velvet and ready to return to the Studio.
"I'm ashamed of myself," she said to Alla, "but I'm so vain, I really want to go out there and hear people tell me that I did well!" "That isn't vanity," Alla returned.