going up to danceagain with

The excitement of undertaking a friendship and the length oftheir talk, made them hungry, and they went in search of foodto the dining-room, which was now full of people eating at littleseparate tables. In the doorway they met Rachel, going up to danceagain with Arthur Venning. She was flushed and looked very happy,and Helen was struck by the fact that in this mood she wascertainly more attractive than the generality of young women. 　　She had never noticed it so clearly before. 　　"Enjoying yourself?" she asked, as they stopped for a second. 　　"Miss Vinrace," Arthur answered for her, "has just made a confession;she'd no idea that dances could be so delightful.""Yes!" Rachel exclaimed. "I've changed my view of life completely!""You don't say so!" Helen mocked. They passed on. 　　"That's typical of Rachel," she said. "She changes her view of lifeabout every other day. D'you know, I believe you're just the personI want," she said, as they sat down, "to help me complete her education? 　　She's been brought up practically in a nunnery. Her father's too absurd. 　　I've been doing what I can--but I'm too old, and I'm a woman. 　　Why shouldn't you talk to her--explain things to her--talk to her,I mean, as you talk to me?""I have made one attempt already this evening," said St. John. 　　"I rather doubt that it was successful. She seems to me so very youngand inexperienced. I have promised to lend her Gibbon.""It's not Gibbon exactly," Helen pondered. "It's the facts of life,I think--d'you see what I mean? What really goes on, what people feel,although they generally try to hide it? There's nothing to befrightened of. It's so much more beautiful than the pretences--always more interesting--always better, I should say, than _that_kind of thing."She nodded her head at a table near them, where two girls and two youngmen were chaffing each other very loudly, and carrying on an archinsinuating dialogue, sprinkled with endearments, about, it seemed,a pair of stockings or a pair of legs. One of the girls was flirtinga fan and pretending to be shocked, and the sight was very unpleasant,partly because it was obvious that the girls were secretly hostileto each other.