He was dressed
in white pantaloons neatly made, a short jacket of dark silk, gaily
figured, white stockings and thin morocco slippers upon his very small
feet. His slight and graceful figure was well calculated for
dancing, and he moved about with the grace and daintiness of a young
fawn. An occasional touch of the toe to the ground, seemed all that
was necessary to give him a long interval of motion in the air. At the
same time he was not fantastic or flourishing, but appeared to be
rather repressing a strong tendency to motion. He was loudly
applauded, and danced frequently toward the close of the evening.
After the supper, the waltzing began, which was confined to a very few
of the "gente de razon," and was considered a high accomplishment, and
a mark of aristocracy. Here, too, Don Juan figured greatly, waltzing
with the sister of the bride, (Donna Angustia, a handsome woman and
a general favorite,) in a variety of beautiful, but, to me,
offensive figures, which lasted as much as half an hour, no one else
taking the floor. They were repeatedly and loudly applauded, the old
men and women jumping out of their seats in admiration, and the
young people waving their hats and handkerchiefs.
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