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He laughed

"A little bird told rew serious and added "When you've traveled a lot and et so you can tell pretty quickly who are the real people and who aren't"

I stared, unable to speak for a , so sincere He smiled and looked at the band

"Got to get to work See you later," Duncan told me, "if Burnsy doesn't kill me first"

I had to confess that I was surprised at how nice he was Despite his good looks and talent, he didn't seem to be full of himself as did so many of the other boys here, yet he had a real sophisticated air about him

I stood there for a while watching the ram Duncan was serious and professional about it My presence didn't distract him

After a fewinto the ballroo about Duncan Bits and pieces fell around me His father owned a computer

coraduating law school His mother was a well-known socialite who served on national charity con money for important Republican senators They had a winter hoton Delaware His parents usually spent most of their suioustime to be spent in America He was one of the few boys on cao just about anywhere he wanted on his free time

When the band began to play, the dancing started Duncan moved rapidly to the forefront and at times, the whole school paused to listen to hi For soht, I think I was annoyed because they were all so obvious

Before long Duncan took his first break and disappointed so his attention Instead, he headed directly for , he took the plate from my hand and put it on a table

"That can wait, can't it?" he asked

"No," I said, but he laughed, ignoredus so closely I couldn't very well be unwilling He was a good dancer, too, and with the band playing so well I let et into the music, maybe too much Out of the corners ofto each other with ad with enough envy to drown the whole fereen sop

"I like how you move in that dress," Duncan whispered "You're practically a work of art"

"Thank you I guess," I said and he laughed

"It's a compliment, trust