She seemed to be
having a "wonderful time!"
An unbearable soreness accumulated in his chest: his dislike of the
girl and her conduct increased until he thought of leaving this
sickening Assembly and going home to bed. That would show her! But
just then he heard her laughing, and decided that it wouldn't show
her. So he remained.
When the young couples seated themselves in chairs against the walls,
round three sides of the room, for the cotillion, George joined a
brazen-faced group clustering about the doorway--youths with no
partners, yet eligible to be "called out" and favoured. He marked
that his uncle placed the infernal Kinney and Miss Morgan, as the
leading couple, in the first chairs at the head of the line upon the
leader's right; and this disloyalty on the part of Uncle George was
inexcusable, for in the family circle the nephew had often expressed
his opinion of Fred Kinney. In his bitterness, George uttered a
significant monosyllable.
The music flourished; whereupon Mr. Kinney, Miss Morgan, and six of
their neighbours rose and waltzed knowingly.
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