The balcony was filled already with spectators who would watch the lords and ladies dance.

There was no restraint.

No Father Drouillard was present to give rebuke and all the _honnetes gens_ were absent, unless a few young officers like de Galisonniere, who sympathized with them, be excepted.
They began to dance to light, tripping music, and to Robert all the women seemed beautiful and graceful now, and all the men gay and gallant.

He could dance the latest dances himself, and meant to do so soon, but for the present he would wait, standing by the wall and looking on.

Willet came to him, and evidently intended to whisper something, but de Courcelles, by the youth's side, intervened laughingly.
"No secrets, Mr.Willet," he said.