Topaz's face lit up, though whether she was reacting more to his words or to the apparently genuine excitement on his face she could not have said. She was excited to dance with someone other than her father in their living room, and she also felt (perhaps childishly) proud of the fact that she'd made him smile like that. "I would be delighted," she said, offering him her hand.
pinned my hopes to the summit of someday
Magnolia