I'll dance in front of them, so to speak, until they're all enchanted.

But in the meantime, on your side, I want you to let me down easy with these people I once knew.

I don't want to hurt them or be a cad.

A few I may keep in touch with for years." "Fanny!" flashed into Ethel's mind.
"And all I ask of you is this.

You'll soon be going away for the summer.