Presently Lord Cloverton came mincing up the steps, pausing half a dozen times to greet acquaintances.

There were whisperings below, and apparently a hurried consultation, and then a young woman came mincing up the stairs.

He teetered along with a mincing up and down step, every movement, and the expression of his face displaying a fatuous self-satisfaction.

"So," Gaby said, mincing up to the bar on her platform heels.