dancing-area

Updated: May 21, 2025

Helm in his most jovial mood was circulating freely among those who formed the periphery of the dancing-area; he even ventured a few clumsy capers in a cotillion with Madame Godere for partner. She danced well; but he, as someone remarked, stumbled all over himself. There was but one thing to mar the evening's pleasure: some of the men drank too much and grew boisterous.

Maurice Thompson - Alice of Old Vincennes