"And did you get anybody to dance with you?" asked the mother, feeling a mother's ambition that her daughter should have been "respectit like the lave."
"Oh, yes; plenty of people asked me to dance."
"And did you find it come easy?"
"Quite easy. I was frightened about the waltzing, at first."
"Do you mean that you waltzed, Rachel?"
"Yes, mamma. Everybody did it. Mrs. Cornbury said she always waltzed when she was a girl; and as the things turned out I could not help myself. I began with her cousin. I didn't mean to do it, but I got so ashamed of myself that I couldn't refuse."
Mrs. Ray still was not angry; but she was surprised, and perhaps a little dismayed. "And did you like it?"
"Yes, mamma."
"Were they all kind to you?"
"Yes, mamma."