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Not only that, but when they returned to the ball-room he was very anxious to be introduced to Nan's sisters, and was most polite to them, though he did not ask them for a dance. Moreover, he got hold of Charley Stratherne, and through him made the acquaintance of Mr.
I think what you say is fair and right if the settlement is strict. And if it came to be a question of interceding, there's an old friend of ours, Sir George Stratherne, who, I know, knows the Vice-chancellor very intimately 'My dear sir! the lawyer protested, with either real or affected horror, 'do not breathe such a thing! do not think of such a thing.
Lady Stratherne, though she was also a miracle of kindness, knew her duties better, and busied herself with the others, leaving those two to themselves. 'Well, now, said the old sailor, briskly, 'what is our first dance to be? 'I beg your pardon, Sir George? she said. 'Why, don't you know, girl, that you're coming to the ball? 'What ball, Sir George? said she, quite innocently.
When she got to the landing, she did not see Lady Stratherne at all; for her eyes were filled with wonder at the blaze of light and colour beyond the draperies of flags, and masses of chandeliers and she said, under her breath, 'Oh, mamma, isn't it beautiful! The next thing she heard was 'Nan, dear, how well you are looking!
What beautiful forget-me-nots! and in a startled way she found that she was shaking hands with Lady Stratherne, whose kind eyes were regarding her with a momentary approval.
When he had shaken hands with Lady Beresford and her daughters, and sat down, there was a distinct flush on the sun-brown face, and he proceeded to say, hastily, 'I I heard you had come down here at the end of the season, Lady Beresford Admiral Stratherne told me and I had a telegram to send off; so I thought I might take the chance of finding you not gone abroad yet.
If he were to know on the morrow, why not now? It would make him very happy; it would indeed add a few hours of happiness to his life; and surely Sir George Stratherne, who was the very soul of kindness, would rather approve? Well, she let these two talk on for a time; she wished to be discreet; she wished to be less nervous. For was it not a great event in the career of a young man?
Instinctively, however, she knew from the way that her hostess's eyes had turned to the next comers there were far too many loiterers about this landing, and Lady Stratherne had enough to do to prevent a dead block on the stairs that she need not stay to speak; so she followed her mother and sisters into the large, brilliantly-lit room.
But by this time there was a noise of preparatory music, and in the middle of the crowd there was something visible like the formation of a double line. At the same instant young Charley Stratherne came hurriedly along, with an eagle eye for possible partners. Him his father instantly seized. 'Where's Frank King? Go and get Frank King. I want Frank King. And behold, Frank King was at his elbow!
But Lady Stratherne, who had now all her guests assembled, was so indefatigable in seeing that Nan should not be left neglected, and the dancing in this crowd was so much a matter of experiment and accident, and the fact that she was introduced to one or two partners who seemed no more expert than herself, was so reassuring, that on the whole Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes.
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