With his baton the conductor was beating time.
The stream bent this way and that, and Dany followed, beating time upon her leg with the whip, trying not to think about how far she had to go, or the pounding in her head, or her empty belly.
This form of dance with hands joined might have been the origin of the later dance form "Tage"(beating time to a song with the feet), which is still popular today.
