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that a simple "one, two, three" can also | that a simple "one, two, three" can also | ||
be done by the feet. Stock quickly | be done by the feet. Stock quickly | ||
realized that this | realized that this "silly shuffling around" | ||
was getting him nowhere and with a | was getting him nowhere and with a | ||
gracious bow and the promise that it | gracious bow and the promise that it | ||
work better next | work better next time, he led the lady | ||
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At one party a very lovely lady finally got Stock on the dance floor and what followed can easily be pictured if you have seen Yul Bryner in "Anna and the King of Siam" Surely you recall the delightful sequence when Anna and the King take those first steps in "Shall we Dance". Father's first attempts were exactly as inept and his confusion as complete as the King's - that a simple "one, two, three" can also be done by the feet. Stock quickly realized that this "silly shuffling around" was getting him nowhere and with a gracious bow and the promise that it work better next time, he led the lady back to the table. Underlined flourish in the middle of the page
One of the funniest episodes I
ever saw, and this also concerns dancing, happened on board ship. After dinner, Stock had been repeatedly coaxed to