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_Or_, All galopade or promenade, eight bars. Advance four _en galopade oblique_, and retire, then half promenade, eight bars. Advance four, retire, and return to places with the half promenade, eight bars. Ladies' chain, eight bars. Repeated by the side couples, then by the top and bottom, and lastly by the side couples, finishing with grand promenade. In different companies the Quadrille varies slightly. For instance, in the last figure, sometimes called Flirtation, the four couples set in a circle, the gentlemen turn their partners, the ladies advance to the centre and retire, the gentlemen advance and retire; the gentlemen turn the ladies to the left and promenade: the whole figure being repeated four times. [Footnote 1: This or the Trenise must be omitted.] 140.--Lancers. i. _LaRose_.--First gentleman and opposite lady advance and set--turn with both hands, retiring to places--return, leading outside--set and turn at corners. ii. _La Lodoiska_.--First couple advance twice, leaving the lady in the centre--set in the centre--turn to places--all advance in two lines--all turn partners. iii. _La Dorset_.--First lady advance and stop, then the opposite gentleman--both retire, turning round--ladies' hands across half round, and turn the opposite gentlemen with left hands--repeat back to places, and turn partners with left hands. iv. _L'Etoile_.--First couple set to couple at right--set to couple at left--change places with partners, and set, and pirouette to places--right and left with opposite couple, v. _Les Lanciers_.--The grand chain. The first couple advance and turn facing the top; then the couple at right advance behind the top couple; then the couple at left and the opposite couple do the same, forming two lines. All change places with partners and back again. The ladies turn in a line on the right, the gentlemen in a line on the left. Each couple meet up the centre. Set in two lines, the ladies in one line, the gentlemen in the other. Turn partners to places. Finish with the grand chain. 141. The Caledonians. _First Figure_.--The first and opposite couples hands across round the centre and back to places--set and turn partners. Ladies' chain. Half promenade--half right and left. Repeated by the side couples. _Second Figure_.--The first ge
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