Still Dave, giving prolonged thought to no girl except Belle Meade, saw in her only a lively companion.

Sometimes he was her dinner partner.

Always at a dance he danced with her more than once.
It was at one such dance that she looked up as they circled the room to say: "I wonder if you know, Mr.Darrin, how much I enjoy dancing with you." "Not as much as I enjoy dancing with you," he replied smilingly.

Just then the music stopped suddenly and an officer called in a voice that carried over the great floor of the gymnasium and over all the chatter: "Ladies and gentlemen, one moment's attention, please!" In an instant all was still.
"Ladies and gentlemen," continued the officer, "official permission has been granted for taking a flashlight photograph of the scene to-night.
Will everybody please remain where he is until after the exposure has been made ?" Dave and Marian had paused directly in front of the lens of the camera.
Maid Marian looked up and made a light, jesting remark, gazing straight into the midshipman's eyes.

Dave, smiling, bent forward to hear what she said.
Just then came the flash, and the photographer, his work finished for the time, gathered his paraphernalia together and left.