1 She talked with equal ease to her partner and to the grand official, softly turned her head and eyes, and twice laughed softly.
2 Say, partner, go to the post office and mail a letter, and tell the postmaster to frank it.
3 While the couples were arranging themselves and the musicians tuning up, Pierre sat down with his little partner.
4 But his partner could not and did not want to dance well.
5 After supper Pierre with his partner followed the others into the drawing room.
6 When it came to Natasha's turn to choose a partner, she rose and, tripping rapidly across in her little shoes trimmed with bows, ran timidly to the corner where Denisov sat.
7 He came out from behind the chairs, clasped his partner's hand firmly, threw back his head, and advanced his foot, waiting for the beat.
8 When at last, smartly whirling his partner round in front of her chair, he drew up with a click of his spurs and bowed to her, Natasha did not even make him a curtsy.
9 The handsome Anatole was smilingly talking to a partner on his arm and looked at Natasha as one looks at a wall.
10 For one of the merry cotillions before supper Prince Andrew was again her partner.
11 When her partner left her Natasha ran across the room to choose two ladies for the figure.
12 At balls he danced if a partner was needed.
13 Helene, not having a suitable partner, herself offered to dance the mazurka with Boris.
14 Mademoiselle Bourienne at once began crying again and kissed that hand, speaking of the princess' sorrow and making herself a partner in it.
15 It irks me, nevertheless, that the partner of her iniquity should not at least, stand on the scaffold by her side.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In III. THE RECOGNITION