At length the day of departure came; the boys returned to school,
Claude joined Lord Rotherwood, and the New Court was again in a state
of tranquillity.
CHAPTER XI--DANCING
'Prescribe us not our duties.'
'Well, Phyllis,' said her father, as he passed through the hall to
mount his horse, 'how do you like the prospect of Monsieur le Roi's
instructions?'
'Not at all, papa,' answered Phyllis, running out to the hall door to
pat the horse, and give it a piece of bread.
'Take care you turn out your toes,' said Mr. Mohun. 'You must learn
to dance like a dragon before Cousin Rotherwood's birthday next
year.'
'Papa, how do dragons dance?'
'That is a question I must decide at my leisure,' said Mr. Mohun,
mounting. 'Stand out of the way, Phyl, or you will feel how horses
dance.'
Away he rode, while Phyllis turned with unwilling steps to the
nursery, to be dressed for her first dancing lesson; Marianne Weston
was to learn with her, and this was some consolation, but Phyllis
could not share in the satisfaction Adeline felt in the arrival of
Monsieur le Roi. Jane was also a pupil, but Lily, whose
recollections of her own dancing days were not agreeable, absented
herself entirely from the dancing-room, even though Alethea Weston
had come with her sister.
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