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His fairly well-worn, black, pin-striped suit, neatly pressed, fitted his six-foot-two frame as if built by a professional clothier; a rolled-collar shirt, a blue polka dot tie, freshly shined shoes, and a soft crush hat completed the outfit. Over his arm he carried an overcoat. Other prospective travelers wore their topcoats, but Sam Welborn was of the outdoors.
Should an impromptu polka or quadrille be got up after supper at a party where no dancing was intended, be sure not to omit putting on gloves before you stand up. It is well always to have a pair of white gloves in your pocket in case of need; but even black are better under these circumstances than none.
"The dresses for the morning will be nothing, only a white skirt and green polka, which will do to wear for ever after, and a little ruff, very pretty, and no expense at all; and a little alteration will make our court dresses perfectly suitable for Queen Elizabeth's ladies. You need not be at all afraid of being ruined."
Plainly audible in the silence of the room the seconds ticked away on the clock, and still she did not speak; at last she murmured: "Oh, it's nothin', nothin', only I jest remembered I've promised to leave Cloudy soon an', p'r'aps, we might never be together again you an' me an' The Polka.
Well, go on search the place. But this ends your acquaintance with The Polka. Don't you ever speak to me again. We're through." Suddenly there came a smothered groan from the man in the loft; Rance wheeled round quickly and brought up his gun, demanding: "What's that? What's that?"
Smith, so sternly that her wild guests saw she was not to be trifled with, and grew overwhelmingly civil all at once. "I will take Mr. Bangs and teach him the polka, for he does not know it fit to be seen," added the hostess, with a reproachful look that sobered Tommy at once. Nat struck up, and the ball opened with two couples, who went conscientiously through a somewhat varied dance.
The waterfall was an artificial feature in the grounds, and bore about as great a resemblance to the reality as a glass eye does to the living orb, or a drawing-room polka to the wild war-dance of a tribe of savages.
In the meantime the arrival of the new guests made a considerable sensation in the chamber, especially with the Mesdemoiselles Laurella. A young prince of the Lebanon, whatever his religion, was a distinguished and agreeable accession to their circle, but in Tancred they recognised a being at once civilised and fashionable, a Christian who could dance the polka.
Foss in the optimism of her mood said to herself that all would very likely go well in that quarter; they ought not to worry as they did. The pianist had struck up a polka. One still danced the polka in those days, and the schottische and the dear old lancers, though the waltz was already the favorite.
How does that thing go? Mottram took up the tune. 'Too slow by half. You miss the note of gratitude, said Hummil. 'It ought to go to the "Grasshopper's Polka," this way. And he chanted, prestissimo, 'Glory to thee, my God, this night. For all the blessings of the light. That shows we really feel our blessings. How does it go on?
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