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nto opposite places, each going to each other's left (four bars); _petit tour_ forward (four bars); advance and retire (four bars), and return to places (four bars); _petit tour_ (four bars). Side couples do likewise. _3rd Figure_.--(Eight bars rest.) Top and bottom ladies cross over into opposite places (four bars); return, presenting left hands to each other, and right hands to partners, as in _La Poule_ (four bars); pass round with partners into opposite places (four bars); _petit tour_ backward (four bars); _vis-a-vis_ couples hands across, round (six bars); retire (two bars); top and bottom ladies cross over (four bars); ladies cross again, giving each other left hands, and right to partners (four bars). All pass round to own places (four bars); _petit tour_ backward (four bars). _4th Figure_.--(Eight bars rest.) Top couple lead round inside the figure (eight bars); _petit tour_ forward and backward (eight bars); advance to opposite couple; the gentleman turns half round without quitting his partner, and gives his left hand to opposite lady; the two ladies join hands behind gentleman (four bars); in this position the three advance and retire (eight bars). The gentleman passes under the ladies' arms; all three pass round to the left, with second step of Cellarius, the opposite lady finishing in her own place (four bars). The top couple return to places (four bars); _petit tour_ forward (four bars). Opposite couple and side couples do likewise. _5th Figure_.--(Eight bars rest.) Top and bottom couples half right and left (four bars); _petit tour_ backward (four bars); half right and left to places (four bars); _petit tour_ backward (four bars); _vis-a-vis_ couples hands round to opposite places (four bars); _petit tour_ forward (four bars); hands round to own places (four bars); _petit tour_ (four bars); right and left (eight bars). Side couples do likewise. _Finale_. Grand round all to the left, and then to the right (sixteen bars); grand chain, as in the Lancers, with first step of Cellarius (sixteen bars). But if there are more than eight in the quadrille, the music must be continued until all have regained their places. N.B.--Music continues during rest. [Footnote A: This step will be found farther on in the book, under the head of the Redowa Valse.] * * * * * XII.--THE POLKA MAZOURKA. The step of this dance is, as its implies, a mixture of the steps of the P
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