"  Now  for  the  dance,"  exclaimed  Cashel,  eagerly,  as  he  busied  himself
in  removing  chairs  and  pushing  back  sofas.  "  Will  you  be  kind  enough
to  assist  me  with  this  table  ?"

Mr.  Softly,  the  gentlemen  thus  addressed,  rose  to  comply,  his  face  ex-
hibiting a  very  amusing  struggle  between  shame  and  astonishment  at  the
position  he  occupied.
The  space  cleared,  Roland  took  Olivia's  hand,  and  led  her  forward  with
an  air  of  exceeding  deference.
"  Now,  Miss  Kennyfeck,  the  step  is  the  easiest  thing  in  the  world.  It
goes  so,  one  two,  one,  two,  three,  and  then,  change — exactly,  quite  right,
you  have  it  perfectly.  This  is,  as  it  were,  an  introduction  to  the  dance,
but  the  same  step  is  preserved  throughout,  merely  changing  its  time  with
the  measure."

It  would  be  as  impossible  to  follow,  as  it  would  be  unfair  to  weary  the
reader  with  the  lesson,  which  now  began,  and  yet  we  would  like  to  linger
on  the  theme,  as  our  memory  brings  up  every  graceful  gesture,  and  every
proud  attitude  of  the  fascinating  Manolo.  Representing  as  it  does  by
pantomimic  action,  a  little  episode  of  devotion,  in  which  pursuit  and
flight,  entreaty,  rejection,  seductive  softness,  haughty  defiance,  timid
fear,  and  an  even  insolent  boldness,  alternate  and  succeed  each  other.  All
the  movements  which  expressive  action  can  command,  whether  of  figure
or  feature  are  called  forth.  Now,  it  is  the  retiring  delicacy  of  shrinking,
timid  loveliness,  half-hoping,  half- fearing,  to  be  pm'sued  —  Now  the
stately  defiance  of  haughty  beauty,  demanding  homage  as  its  due.  At
one  moment,  the  winning  seductiveness  that  invites  pursuit,  and  then,
sudden  as  the  lightning,  the  disdain  that  repels  advance.
