" She didn't like it," he said immediately." Of course she did." " She didn't like it," he insisted. " She didn't have a good time." He was silent and I guessed at his unutterable depression." I feel far away from her," he said. " It's hard to make her understand." " You mean about the dance?" " The dance?" He dismissed all the dances he had given with a snap of his fingers. " Old sport, the dance is unimportant. "