Had there been anything cold in her passivity he might have felt repressed; but her stillness suggested the stillness of motion imperceptible from its intensity.
'We must go in,' said she.

'The rain is almost over, and there is no longer any excuse for this.' Somerset bent his lips toward hers.

'No,' said the fair Puritan decisively.
'Why not ?' he asked.
'Nobody ever has.' 'But!--' expostulated Somerset.
'To everything there is a season, and the season for this is not just now,' she answered, walking away.
They crossed the wet and glistening lawn, stepped under the tent and parted.

She vanished, he did not know whither; and, standing with his gaze fixed on the dancers, the young man waited, till, being in no mood to join them, he went slowly through the artificial passage lined with flowers, and entered the drawing room.

Mrs.Goodman was there, bidding good-night to the early goers, and Paula was just behind her, apparently in her usual mood.