Desert Hearts (1996)
“For the first hour, she helped serve the punch, smiled at the compliments on her shortbread, and watched the others dance.
When Colonel Gray approached her and asked her to be his partner in the reel, she felt it would be ungrateful to refuse, after all his kindness, even though she had not intended to dance. She kept her reluctance to herself and, taking his hand, stepped out onto the dance floor. This would be her only dance, she told herself.
But then Captain Taggert came up, and not wishing... to offend, she accepted his offer. By her third dance, with Master Sergeant Brimmer, she gave up worrying what people would think and began to enjoy herself for the first time in months.
“I am happy to see you dancing, Mrs. Woolcott,” said Lieutenant Cooper, approaching her with two glasses of punch. “I hope I may have the next dance?”
Elizabeth could hardly refuse him, and after sipping their punch and chatting for a few minutes, they moved out onto the floor.
Of course, it would be a waltz, she thought as the lieutenant put his arm around her waist.MoreLess
When Colonel Gray approached her and asked her to be his partner in the reel, she felt it would be ungrateful to refuse, after all his kindness, even though she had not intended to dance. She kept her reluctance to herself and, taking his hand, stepped out onto the dance floor. This would be her only dance, she told herself.
But then Captain Taggert came up, and not wishing... to offend, she accepted his offer. By her third dance, with Master Sergeant Brimmer, she gave up worrying what people would think and began to enjoy herself for the first time in months.
“I am happy to see you dancing, Mrs. Woolcott,” said Lieutenant Cooper, approaching her with two glasses of punch. “I hope I may have the next dance?”
Elizabeth could hardly refuse him, and after sipping their punch and chatting for a few minutes, they moved out onto the floor.
Of course, it would be a waltz, she thought as the lieutenant put his arm around her waist.MoreLess
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