She laughed and blushed.

He flattered deliciously, and it cost him little; for he fell in love with her that night, deeper than he had ever been in his whole life of intrigue.

He asked leave to call on her: she looked a little shy at that, and did not respond.

He instantly withdrew his proposal, with an apology and a sigh that raised her pity.
However, she was not a forward girl, even when excited by dancing and charmed with her partner; so she left him to find his own way out of that difficulty.
He was not long about it.

At the end of the next waltz he asked her if he might venture to solicit an introduction to her father.
"Oh, certainly," said she.