Not the France of popular fancy with cocottes and cancan dancing and much foolish abandon, but the France of the Cercle and the Casino, sober-minded devotees of roulette and connoisseurs of sound liquor.
"Command"
William McFee
Meanwhile, from one end of the room to the other, the guests were saying: "The man in the plaid trousers is dancing the cancan with Aunt Merlin; it's most amusing!"
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
The uproar soon reached the ears of Monsieur Blanquette, the uncle; the bride's mother, a most respectable woman, said to him: "I beg you, Monsieur Blanquette, go and tell my sister not to dance the cancan.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock