In his awe he almost lost step. She enjoyed his consternation for a moment and then in pity spoke: “Shall we try it?”
“D’you really think I could get away with it?”
“‘Get away with it,’ Mr. Gordon?”
“I mean, d’you think I could be taught?”
“Oh, yes. It’s this way. It’s a cinch!—as you say out here in the west!”
They started the maneuver, but Gordon was afflicted with stage fright. He blundered miserably. A snicker sounded about them, and desire for murder flooded the heart of Jacqueline, for Carrigan and Dolly Maxwell had just executed the step perfectly. She set her teeth and drove ahead.
“Mr. Gordon, have you lived all your life in the West?”
“Yep. Every day of it!”
She sighed.
Then: “That is why you are so different. In the East the boys are so—well, so artificial!”