38.—THE PURSUIT.
Three or four couples waltz, and the leader, who is not dancing, calls other gentlemen to the floor, to act as rovers and rob the dancing gentlemen of their partners. A rover gets in front of a dancing couple and claps his hands, when the gentleman must relinquish his partner. He immediately seeks to indemnify himself, however, by securing one of the other ladies in a similar manner. This figure continues until each gentleman has again got possession of his lady to conduct her to her place. To execute this figure with all the animation required, it is necessary that as fast as each gentleman possesses himself of a lady another should replace him. The Pursuit is one of the final figures of the cotillion.
39.—THE CHANGING STAR.
Each lady selects a gentleman and each gentleman selects a lady. The second, fourth and sixth gentlemen, holding their partner’s left hands in their right, form a moulinet by joining left hands, and all six revolve slowly to the left. At the same time the first, third and fifth gentlemen, with their partners, waltz around to the right in the space between each of the gentlemen in the moulinet and his partner and under their raised arms. At a signal, those who have been waltzing form the moulinet, and the others waltz.
40.—THE VIRGINIA REEL.
Four couples proceed to place themselves in the middle of the room, as for a Virginia Reel. The first couple lead off by waltzing around the couple on their right, and in the same manner make a turn around the other couples. The other three couples repeat the same figure. When all the four have done so, they return to their places, waltzing.
41.—THE DOUBLE QUADRILLE.
Four couples waltz, and then form a quadrille. Four other couples take up positions so that a new couple stand exactly behind each one of the couples that form the quadrille. The figure commences by the four inside ladies crossing right hands; they move entirely round, giving left hands to partners and swinging round to places. While the inner couples are thus engaged, the four outer couples waltz half round, outside the quadrille, to opposite places. Then the inner couples waltz entirely round, resuming their places, but facing outwards. All chassez at places; turn at corners with right hands, and turn partners with left hands to places. All the gentlemen then waltz to seats with the ladies standing opposite them.
42.—THE FINAL ROUND.
All form a large circle by joining hands. The leader and his lady separate from the circle, which must be at once reconnected, and waltz around inside the circle. He stops at a signal, and the lady passes through the circle and takes her seat. He then selects another lady, with whom he dances. At a signal, he retires from the circle, and the lady with whom he has just danced selects a new partner from the circle, and so on for the others.