human
I well remember your beautiful dancing, said the captain.
gpt
Will you give me some waltzes?
human
I don't give them plurally, said Patty, smiling at him.
gpt
I'll give you one, perhaps; a half one, anyway.
human
Not enough! said Captain Sayre, decidedly.
gpt
I must have more than that, by fair means--or otherwise. Where is your card?
human
I haven't any yet; won't it be time enough to get one after supper?
gpt
Yes, if you let me see it before any one else. I find it's a trick with the young men here to make dance engagements surreptitiously at the supper table.
human
Apple Blossom, it whispered,
gpt
I've brought you a dance card. Say 'Thank you, Bill.'
human
Thank you, Father Neptune,
gpt
Now I have a programme, Captain Sayre, Patty said.
human
If you really want a part of a dance--
gpt
I don't! declared the captain, positively.
human
There are some ladies I'd dance half a dance with, but NOT with you.
gpt
Then I suppose I'll have to give you a whole one, Patty sighed,
human
And they're half gone!
gpt
What!
human
Bill Farnsworth! she exclaimed.
gpt
Well, if he hasn't a nerve! He wants the earth!
human
And the sea, and all that in them is! said Captain Sayre.
gpt
Look here, Miss Fairfield, I'll be satisfied with the other five. Thus, you're dividing your dances evenly, don't you see?
human
Nonsense! I'll agree to no such highway robbery! You may have a dance, Captain Sayre,--take a waltz, if you like; and then give me my card again. Do you want one, Jack?
gpt
DO I? Does a squirrel want nuts? Only one, Sea Spirit?
human
Yes, only one. It's such a short programme to-night.
gpt
And is Big Bill to have five?
human
Indeed, no! I shall cross those all off but one.