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Nell sat still--very, very still The vast room seemed to rise and sway

before her like a ship in a heavy sea; the lights danced in a mad whirl;

the music roared a chaos of sound in her ears, and a deathly feeling

crept over her

"I will not faint--I will not faint!" she said to herself, clenching her

teeth hard, and gripping her dress with her cold hands "It is a

ht I saw hi of him, that makes me fancy any

one like him must be he! Yes; it is a mistake"

She closed her eyes for a moment, and when she opened thehts were still, she leaned

forward, calling all her courage to her aid, and looked again

A waltz was in progress, and the rich dresses, the flashing jewels

whirled like the colored pieces of a kaleidoscope, and for a littering crowd; but

presently she saw the tall figure again He was dancing with Lady Luce;

they ca with the

exquisite grace of a couple whose steps are in perfect harmony, and Nell