ndwithanairofgravedignitywhichwasquiteimpressive,glidedslowlyabout,makingtheirstepswiththeutmostprecision,bearingthemselveswithsufficientdecorumforacourtball.Afterawhilethemenbegantoitchforaturn,andtwoofthem,takingholdofoneanotherinthemostapprovedfashion,waltzedroundthecirclewiththegravityofjudges.
Allatoncetherewasacry:'There'sLiza!'Andseveralmembersofthegroupturnedandcalledout:'Oo,lookatLiza!'
Thedancersstoppedtoseethesight,andtheorgan-grinder,havingcometotheendofhistune,ceasedturningthehandleandlookedtoseewhatwastheexcitement.
'Oo,Liza!'theycalledout.'LookatLizaoo,Isy!'
Itwasayounggirlofabouteighteen,withdarkeyes,andanenormousfringe,puffed-outandcurledandfrizzed,coveringherwholeforeheadfromsidetoside,andcomingdowntomeethereyebrows.Shewasdressedinbrilliantviolet,withgreatlappetsofvelvet,andshehadonherheadanenormousblackhatcoveredwithfeathers.
'Isy,ain'tshegotupdossy?'calledoutthegroupsatthedoors,asshepassed.
'Dressedterdeath,andkillthefashionthat'swotIcallsit.'
Lizasawwhatasensationshewascreatingshearchedherbackandliftedherhead,andwalkeddownthestreet,swayingherbodyfromsidetoside,andswaggeringalongasthoughthewholeplacebelongedtoher.
''Aveyerboughtthestreet,Bill?'shoutedoneyouthandthenhalfadozenburstforthatonce,asifbyinspiration:
'Knocked'emintheOldKentRoad!'
Itwasimmediatelytakenupbyadozenmore,andtheyallyelleditout:
'Knocked'emintheOldKentRoad.Yah,ah,knocked'emintheOldKentRoad!'
'Oo,Liza!'theyshoutedthewholestreetjoinedin,andtheygavelong,shrill,ear-piercingshrieksandstrangecalls,thatrungdownthestreetandechoedbackagain.
'Hextraspecial!'calledoutawag.
'Oh,Liza!Oo!Ooo!'yellsandwhistles,andthenitthunderedforthagain:
'Knocked'emintheOldKentRoad!'
Lizaputontheairofaconqueringhero,andsaunteredon,enchantedattheuproar.Shestuckoutherelbowsandjerkedherheadononeside,andsaidtoherselfasshepassedthroughthebellowingcrowd:
'Thisisjam!'
'Knocked'emintheOldKentRoad!'
Whensheca