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And this was Bob's widow, this dashing divorcée! Dashing she was as I now remembered her, fine in mould, finer in spirit, reckless and rebellious as she well might be. I had seen her submit before a ball-room, but with the contempt that leads captivity captive. Seldom have I admired anything more.
Now we will go back to the ball-room; but don't dance till you have not a leg left to stand on. We must have a good long stroll in the Pineta." "Lascia fare a me! I dare say I shan't dance another dance unless, indeed, we have one more turn together before you go. Is there time?" "Oh yes, for that plenty of time. If you are not afraid of tiring yourself, one more last dance by all means."
"I will come up with you, and change into something more fitted for the journey." Turning to Lady Constance, her uncle besought her to return to the ball-room, and thus prevent any remarks being made as to the absence of himself and Adrien.
They would have a splendid house, much finer, no doubt, than Frank's old one in Philadelphia, with a great ball-room and dining-room where she could give dances and dinners, and where Frank and she would receive as the peers of these Chicago rich people. "Do you suppose we will ever have a house as fine as one of these, Frank?" she asked him, longingly. "I'll tell you what my plan is," he said.
These conversations had taken place in the chief saloon, which was contiguous to the ball-room, and which was nearly as full of guests. Endymion, moving in the opposite direction, entered another drawing-room, where the population was sparse. It consisted of couples apparently deeply interested in each other.
The house had been a hotel before hospitals were needed, and many of the doors still bore their old names; some not so inappropriate as might be imagined, for my ward was in truth a ball-room, if gun-shot wounds could christen it. Forty beds were prepared, many already tenanted by tired men who fell down anywhere, and drowsed till the smell of food roused them.
The young men of the present day are inconceivably thoughtless in this respect, and often seem to think the mischief which they do scarcely worth an apology. Cavalry officers should never wear spurs in a ball-room. Bear in mind that all Casino habits are to be scrupulously avoided in a private ball-room.
In the ball-room, however, the case is altogether different; the most simple and fresh-minded woman cannot escape from feelings of pain or regret at being neglected or unobserved here.
It was a large dinner, and so was served in the ball-room. The sixty people gathered were divided into little groups, and seated at small tables holding six or eight. Peter knew all but one at his table, to the extent of having had previous meetings. They were all fashionables, and the talk took the usual literary-artistic-musical turn customary with that set.
This is not the Middle Ages, and there are no assassins waiting around, are there? However, let me take Con Lady Constance back to the ball-room again, and then I will enjoy, or at any rate listen to all you have to tell me." Jasper Vermont smiled bitterly, and took out his watch, which had been a present from Leroy. "Adrien," he said slowly, "you have ten minutes between you and dishonour!"
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