Strangely enough, this dance was so much like one from home that Elissa was at ease with the steps. She followed Haytham's lead without faltering, mouth curving into a smile at his whispered question. Perhaps she danced a little closer to him than was strictly respectable, but no one could fault her when her partner cut such a dashing figure in his Naval uniform.

"Only of the best sort," she murmured in amused reply. "Several men were convinced it was portraying their actual ship - though they were each from a different vessel. There are whispers that I might be an admiral's daughter or even a Navy captain in disguise despite my apparent youth."