"Your old business partner, I believe ?" "Before he was yours," said Sandy.
This was not at all to Annette's taste.

They were not even thinking about her.
"How m-many dances do you want for to-night ?" she asked Sandy.
"The first four." She wrote them on the corner of her fan.

"Yes ?" "The last four." "Yes ?" "And the four in between.

What's that on your fan ?" "Nothing." "But it is.

Let me see." "Will you look at it easy and not tell ?" she whispered, taking advantage of Carter's sudden interest in the judges' stand.
"Sure and I will.