If dancing formed the amusement of the night, they were partners for half the time; and when obliged to separate for a couple of dances, were careful to stand together and scarcely spoke a word to any body else. Such conduct made them of course most exceedingly laughed at; but ridicule could not shame, and seemed hardly to provoke them.
Si el baile constituía la diversión de la noche, formaban pareja la mitad del tiempo; y cuando se veían obligados a separarse durante un par de piezas, se Preocupaban de permanecer de pie uno junto al Otro, y apenas hablaban una palabra con nadie más.