She freed her
left hand and slipped it over Larry's shoulder. "Come on--let's two-
step."
"But, Maggie, I've forgotten."
"Come on!"
Instantly she was dragging him over the scanty floor space. But after
a moment he halted, protesting.
"These prison brogans were not intended by their builders for such
work. If you've got to dance, you'll have to work it out of your
system alone."
"All right!"
At once, in the midst of the dingy room, humming the music, she was
doing Carmen's dance--wild, provocative, alluring. It was not a
remarkable performance in any professionally technical sense; but it
had vivid personality; she was light, lithe, graceful, flashing with
color and spirits.
"Maggie!" he exclaimed, when she had finished and stood before him
glowing and panting. "Good! Where did you learn that?"
"In the chorus of a cabaret revue."
"Is that what you're doing now, working in a chorus?"
"No. Barney and father said a chorus was no place for me." She drew
nearer. "Oh, Larry, I've such a lot to tell you."
"Go on."
"Well"--she cocked her head impishly--"I've been going to school."
"Going to school! Where?"
"Lots of places. Just now I'm going to school at the Ritzmore Hotel."
"At the Ritzmore Hotel!" He stared at her bewildered.
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