"
Silence.
Peter coolly put his hand on the paper and pushed it down till he could
see Leonore's face. When he had done that he found her fairly beaming.
She tried to put on a serious look quickly, and looked up at him with it
on.
But Peter said, "I caught you," and laughed. Then Leonore laughed. Then
they filled in the space before lunch by translating and answering the
telegram.
As soon as that meal was over, Peter said, "Now will you teach me
waltzing again?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I'm not going to spend time teaching a man to dance, who doesn't
dance."
"I was nearly wild to dance last night," said Peter.
"Then why didn't you?"
"Dorothy asked me to do something."
"I don't think much of men who let women control them."
"I wanted to please Dorothy" said Peter, "I was as well off talking to
one girl as to another. Since you don't like my dancing, I supposed you
would hardly choose to dance again with me, or ropes wouldn't have held
me."
"I can talk Italian too," said Leonore, with no apparent connection.
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