Sitting, watching flurries of silk, waltzing past them, they were silent. Yet the silence conveyed more than words ever could have. He decided something, and stood up, holding out his hand to her. She smiled shyly up at him, and took it, and they joined the crowd on the dance floor. She pulled close to him, and they shared their first dance together.
Six months later, he asked again, in the same silent way as he had asked before. This dance was to be another first – their first together, as husband and wife. They were to be dancing partners forever.