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Stupidly
Annixter
drove
the
question
home
again
,
at
his
wits
’
end
as
to
how
to
make
conversation
.
Hilma
protested
volubly
she
would
never
forget
this
night
,
adding
:
“
Dance
!
Oh
,
you
don
’
t
know
how
I
love
it
!
I
didn
’
t
know
myself
.
I
could
dance
all
night
and
never
stop
once
!
”
Annixter
was
smitten
with
uneasiness
.
No
doubt
this
“
promenading
”
was
not
at
all
to
her
taste
.
Wondering
what
kind
of
a
spectacle
he
was
about
to
make
of
himself
,
he
exclaimed
:
“
Want
to
dance
now
?
”
“
Oh
,
yes
!
”
she
returned
.
They
paused
in
their
walk
,
and
Hilma
,
facing
him
,
gave
herself
into
his
arms
.
Annixter
shut
his
teeth
,
the
perspiration
starting
from
his
forehead
.
For
five
years
he
had
abandoned
dancing
.
Never
in
his
best
days
had
it
been
one
of
his
accomplishments
.
They
hesitated
a
moment
,
waiting
to
catch
the
time
from
the
musicians
.
Another
couple
bore
down
upon
them
at
precisely
the
wrong
moment
,
jostling
them
out
of
step
.
Annixter
swore
under
his
breath
.
His
arm
still
about
the
young
woman
,
he
pulled
her
over
to
one
corner
.
“
Now
,
”
he
muttered
,
“
we
’
ll
try
again
.
”
A
second
time
,
listening
to
the
one
-
two
-
three
,
one
-
two
-
three
cadence
of
the
musicians
,
they
endeavoured
to
get
under
way
.
Annixter
waited
the
fraction
of
a
second
too
long
and
stepped
on
Hilma
’
s
foot
.
On
the
third
attempt
,
having
worked
out
of
the
corner
,
a
pair
of
dancers
bumped
into
them
once
more
,
and
as
they
were
recovering
themselves
another
couple
caromed
violently
against
Annixter
so
that
he
all
but
lost
his
footing
.
He
was
in
a
rage
.
Hilma
,
very
embarrassed
,
was
trying
not
to
laugh
,
and
thus
they
found
themselves
,
out
in
the
middle
of
the
floor
,
continually
jostled
from
their
position
,
holding
clumsily
to
each
other
,
stammering
excuses
into
one
another
’
s
faces
,
when
Delaney
arrived
.
