Iren Barnai

By the third turn, my partner's palm had gone a little damp. I'm the sort who remembers things like that.

• Helena von ArzStill someone left for the last waltz. Our own dance card fills by eleven.
  Iren BarnaiFilling every slot and having the name you wanted written in it are two different things, my lady.
• Bastian KrögerThird turn. Noted.
  Margit SelesiColonel, you don't even dance. Why count the turns?

Twenty-two nibs are enough. Anyone who buys a twenty-third means to write the same letter twice.

• Aurel SteinerI don't sell a twenty-third. Not because you said so, my lady, I simply never do.
• Margit SelesiIren, that kind of talk scares me a little.
  Iren BarnaiIf it scares you, sing it a half-step higher. Then I'll know you mean it.