Having parted from Ina, he claimed for his partner his hostess,--a pretty, graceful woman who danced under protest, but so exquisitely that he would hardly be persuaded to give her up when the dance was over.
He scarcely left the ball-room for the rest of the evening, and when the party broke up he was among the last to leave.

Dick ingenuously thanked him for helping to make the affair a success.

He was not feeling particularly happy himself, since Ina had consistently snubbed him throughout; but he did not hold Piers in any way responsible for her attitude.

Dick's outlook on life was supremely simple.

He never attempted to comprehend the ways of women, being serenely content to regard them as beyond his comprehension.