"But I think—I think she would at least not style it a 'bargain,'" he replied.
She tapped him with her fan.
"Try it, Sheldon—try it, my boy!" she said. "'Faint heart never yet,' you know."
"Brave heart has failed in some instances," he replied. "Witness your girdle and its appendages."
"Precisely—but it's because they were brave that they hang there. They at least had a chance of winning, and they took the chance."
"And lost!" he ended.
They had entered the ballroom; and Porshinger, who was standing in a corner at the other side, sighted them and bore down in pursuit.
Miss Chamberlain saw him—as did plenty of others—and she indicated to Burgoyne that he should dance with Stephanie. She herself stopped beside Mrs. Burleston. Burgoyne understood—and putting his arm around Stephanie's waist he swung her away.
Porshinger saw the play—and smiled—and Burgoyne detected the smile and knew its cause.
"That fellow Porshinger," he remarked, "is becoming entirely too persistent."