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During the quadrille he carried on this kind of conversation with unflinching bitterness and vivacity, and kept Blanche continually laughing, both at his wickedness and jokes, which were good, and also because Laura was again their vis-a-vis, and could see and hear how merry and confidential they were.
Hamilton's party, and petition for the hand of Caroline in the next quadrille.
It was visible that the hero of the night hung listening and in expectation. He and the Beauty were named to one another, and they chatted through a quadrille. Sir Lukin introduced a fellow-Harrovian of old days, Mr. Thomas Redworth, to his wife.
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 day began to dawn, the wax lights paled, the players joined the dancers for a last quadrille. In such houses the final scenes of a ball never pass off without some impropriety.
"Oh no." "You are not ill, you are not really affected by the heat and yet you turn as pale as ashes, and you are obliged to leave the quadrille! There must be some reason for this." "There is a reason. Captain Helding " "Captain Helding! What in the name of wonder has the captain to do with it?" "He told you something about the Atalanta.
A quadrille was formed, but the thing was contrived in such a manner as to leave me out of it, and the very lady who had refused me as a partner danced with another gentleman. Had I been in good spirits I should certainly have resented such conduct, but I preferred to leave the ball-room. I went to bed, unable to understand why the nobility of Vicenza treated me in such a way.
'Why, to Mabille, to dance a quadrille, or two. 'Impossible! 'Why? 'Because M. Vincent does not wish you to go out at night. 'We'll see about that! "The next day, I tell all this to M. Vincent; and he says that Amanda is right; that it is not proper for a woman in my position to frequent balls; and that, if I want to go out at night, I can stay. Get out!
"Give me this quadrille," he said to her. And, as she could not well refuse, he added, as soon as she had taken his arm: "We will not dance, and I defy you to escape me." "This is treason!" she cried, somewhat angrily. "We are not here to talk; I can almost guess beforehand what you have to say, and "
Quadrille music is divided into eight bars for each part of the figure; two steps should be taken in every bar; every movement thus invariably consists of eight or of four steps.
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