"Oh, come," she said.

"Of course you dance ?" De Forest gave a shudder.

"My dear young lady! no sane man ever dances.
But pray do not let me detain you.

Where your heart is, there would your feet be also." He dropped her arm as he spoke.

Bell shrugged her shoulders and put her arm back in his.
"'Tisn't fair to abandon you so soon after bringing you here.