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And beyond that was the home of the Warfields, whose fortune came from great department stores, in which young girls worked for two dollars and a half a week, and eked out their existence by prostitution. And this was the summer that Warfield's youngest daughter was launched, and for her debutante dance they built a ballroom which cost thirty thousand dollars and was torn down the day afterwards!
The prisoners had escaped from the dungeon! He dashed into the ballroom and shouted the alarm. Confusion ensued. He called out sharp commands as he rushed across to where Deppingham was chatting with the Princess. "There's been treachery," he explained quickly. "Some one has released the prisoners. We must keep them from reaching the walls.
She knew Philip loved her, several times he had asked her to marry him, but this was taking an unfair advantage. The February wind itself was not colder than the manner with which she drew away from him, and stepped back into the ballroom. "My dear, my dear," exclaimed Mrs. Homer, who chanced to be near, "how imprudent! You should not go out without a wrap." "I know it, Mrs.
For a while his mind seemed to be absolutely blank; voices were voices only; he saw lights, and figures moving through a void. Then reality took shape sharply; and his pulses began again hammering out the irregular measure of suspense, though what it was that he was awaiting, what expecting, Heaven alone knew. And after a while he found himself in the ballroom.
In the midst of the festivities a messenger dashed in with the news that the American troops were closing in on Tarlac, the insurgents' seat of government. Pilar rushed from the ballroom and made his way to the head of his command. His parting from the bride-to-be is pathetically described by many of the writers who were in the islands at the time.
Taken up with my duties of orderly officer, it was only in the morning that I could assure myself of the safety of my own family. My mother and my sisters had escaped with their lives from that ballroom, where I had left them early in the evening.
It's better to worship it like Akhnaton than to trifle with it." "All right, I'll go," Meg said, and as she went she wondered how it came to pass that Akhnaton was both a sun-worshipper and a devout believer in the Kingdom of God which is within us. The ballroom at Assuan was a wonderful sight. Margaret had never been to a more brilliant dance.
At the end of the ante-chamber where this numerous personnel was grouped, opened a long gallery, ornamented with old tapestries representing mythological subjects in lively and well-preserved coloring. This room, which was intended to serve as a ballroom at need, was next to two large drawing-rooms.
Presently a military band struck up with a sudden crash in the inner room, and the large folding doors being thrown open, the ballroom lay before us, in the centre of which stood the President, surrounded by his very splendid staff, with his daughter on his arm.
If she does go to supper, it is in order to accompany some distinguished guest like the President, for instance. This is, however, a point which may be left to the tact of the hostess. A young lady is not apt to forget her ballroom engagements, but she should be sure not to do so.
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