United States or Mayotte ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
She placed her hand upon the sleeve of Richard Lindley, and, glancing intelligently over his shoulder into the eyes of Valentine Corliss, glided rhythmically away. People looked at her; they always did. Not only the non-dancers watched her; eyes everywhere were upon her, even though the owners gyrated, glided and dipped on distant orbits.
He began to cast about for means to break up this calamitous situation. He welcomed the return of Leverett Whyland with his wife. "Well, Pence," said Whyland, "how has the Amalgamated Association of Non-Dancers been doing?" "Pence," Whyland had said. Yes, this was the Trust man, after all. "First-rate," returned the other briefly, rising to go.
It was all done so quickly that the quadrille party were only just becoming aware that a couple had dropped out; and the non-dancers were beginning to wonder if Miss Oliphant had been taken poorly, when Robert Ratman was writhing in the clutches of his chastiser in the hall. Mr Armstrong marched straight with his prey to the kitchen. "Raffles," said he to the footman, "get me a horsewhip."
Word Of The Day