"I should be the most patient of partners, I'm so unaccomplished myself," declared Georgiana.
"Nevertheless I shouldn't want to try you. You dance like a sylph, I like an elephant."
"I don't believe it."
"You do grudge sitting out, then, do you?" he asked.
"Not a bit."
"It wouldn't really matter if you did, for I intend to hold my advantage now I have it. I care more to talk with you than for all the dances on the program. And the time is so short I must make the most of it. You go back to-morrow, I understand?"
"Yes, indeed."
"And you'll not be here soon again?"
"I don't expect to. I'm a very busy person at home and can seldom be spared."
"That means that whoever wants to know you must come to your home?"