Then the three passed on a few seats apart from and beyond the other occupants of that side of the house, thus leaving a break in the ranks which caused Mrs.McDermott a distinct sniff and made the red-headed girl draw up in pride.

The newcomers sat near to the second lamp from the musicians' stand, and in such fashion that they were half hid in the deep shadows cast by that erratic luminary.
There was now much tension, and the unhappiness and suspense could have endured but little longer.

Again the accordion protested and the fiddle wept.

The cornet uttered a faint note of woe.

Yet once more there was a pause in this time of joy.
Again the door was pushed open, not timidly, but flung boldly back.
There stood two figures at the head of the hall and in the place of greatest light.