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"Is it really so serious?" she asked with a faint sneer. He drew himself up stiffly and his light eyes glowed with anger. "It is a subject I never should have thought of introducing at a festivity like this," he said suavely. "May I be permitted to compliment you, senorita, upon your marvellous grace in the contra-danza?
He sat beside Dona Ignacia during the contra-danza and found the scene remarkably brilliant and animated considering the primitive conditions.
The contra-danza was not unlike the square dances of England except that it was far more graceful, and the men rivalled the women in their supple glidings and bendings, doublings and swayings. Concha danced with Ignacio Sal, Rafaella with William Sturgis; their pliant grace, as facile as grain rippling before the wind, would have put the best ballet in Europe to the blush.
Are you not surprised?" "It is but one accomplishment the more. I feared a preference for your native dances, but ventured to hope you would teach me." "They are easy to learn. You will watch us dance the contra-danza after this." "With whom do you dance it?" Her black eyelashes were very thick; he barely caught the glance she shot him. "The Russian bear growls," she said lightly.
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