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At least it made him happy , and in pretending she almost persuaded herself that her kinsmen were glad and anxious to have her . She drank the coffee her old servant brought her and settled herself for a morning of rest , although the house was buzzing with the breaking up of the house party . The young people , too , were feeling the effect of last night 's dissipation . The ball was not over at twelve o'clock , as the invitations had intimated it would be , but had gone on into the wee small hours of morning . It was not often that Ryeville had the chance to trip the light fantastic toe to the music of a Louisville band and the eager dancers had begged for more and more . The old people had dropped out , one by one , but the youngsters danced on and on . Then it was that Judith had come into her own as it were , and all of the young men who had been denied before supper seemed determined to make up for lost time .