The couples struck off in different directions

After a moment's hesitation first one couple, then another,leapt into mid-stream, and went round and round in the eddies. 　　The rhythmic swish of the dancers sounded like a swirling pool. 　　By degrees the room grew perceptibly hotter. The smell of kidgloves mingled with the strong scent of flowers. The eddiesseemed to circle faster and faster, until the music wrought itselfinto a crash, ceased, and the circles were smashed into littleseparate bits. The couples struck off in different directions,leaving a thin row of elderly people stuck fast to the walls,and here and there a piece of trimming or a handkerchief or aflower lay upon the floor. There was a pause, and then the musicstarted again, the eddies whirled, the couples circled round in them,until there was a crash, and the circles were broken up intoseparate pieces. 　　When this had happened about five times, Hirst, who leant againsta window-frame, like some singular gargoyle, perceived that HelenAmbrose and Rachel stood in the doorway. The crowd was suchthat they could not move, but he recognised them by a piece ofHelen's shoulder and a glimpse of Rachel's head turning round. 　　He made his way to them; they greeted him with relief. 　　"We are suffering the tortures of the damned," said Helen. 　　"This is my idea of hell," said Rachel. 　　Her eyes were bright and she looked bewildered. 　　Hewet and Miss Allan, who had been waltzing somewhat laboriously,paused and greeted the newcomers. 　　"This _is_ nice," said Hewet. "But where is Mr. Ambrose?""Pindar," said Helen. "May a married woman who was forty inOctober dance? I can't stand still." She seemed to fade into Hewet,and they both dissolved in the crowd. 　　"We must follow suit," said Hirst to Rachel, and he took herresolutely by the elbow. Rachel, without being expert, danced well,because of a good ear for rhythm, but Hirst had no taste for music,and a few dancing lessons at Cambridge had only put him into possessionof the anatomy of a waltz, without imparting any of its spirit.

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