...man who would understand me. One evening, as we were atte nd- ing a party, and I was already on the dancefloor in the arms of another, the Frenchman , in an outrageous manoeuvre, but smoothly and with great charm, cut in and twirled me away. He did it so adroitly that I could only laugh and acquiesce. Then all of a sudden as I looked at his triumphantly grinning