Angels And Insects
“‘It is very kind of you to sit by me, and fetch glasses of lemonade, but I really do think you must dance. Our young ladies have made themselves beautiful in your honour, and I hope their efforts will not have been in vain.’ ‘I think they are all delightful,’ said William Adamson, ‘but I am out of practice at ballroom dancing.’ ‘Not much dancing in the jungle,’ stated Mr Edgar Alabaster.
‘On the contrary. There is a great deal of dancing. There are religious festivals—Christian festivals—which occupy weeks together with communal dancing. And in the interior there are Indian dances where you must imitate the hops of woodpeckers, or the wriggle of armadillos, for hour after hour.’ William opened his mouth to say more, and closed it again. Didactic rushes of information were a great shortcoming in returning travellers.
Lady Alabaster moved some of her black silk rolls of flesh on the rosy satin of her sofa. She persisted. ‘I shall ask Matty to find you a pretty partner, unless you can pi...ck one out for yourself.’ The shimmering girls whirled past in the candlelight, shell-pink and sky-blue, silver and citron, gauze and tulle.MoreLess
‘On the contrary. There is a great deal of dancing. There are religious festivals—Christian festivals—which occupy weeks together with communal dancing. And in the interior there are Indian dances where you must imitate the hops of woodpeckers, or the wriggle of armadillos, for hour after hour.’ William opened his mouth to say more, and closed it again. Didactic rushes of information were a great shortcoming in returning travellers.
Lady Alabaster moved some of her black silk rolls of flesh on the rosy satin of her sofa. She persisted. ‘I shall ask Matty to find you a pretty partner, unless you can pi...ck one out for yourself.’ The shimmering girls whirled past in the candlelight, shell-pink and sky-blue, silver and citron, gauze and tulle.MoreLess
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