Sentence:  "I thank your ladyship, I don't like tanzing, and I don't like cards," says Miss Hester, tossing up her head; and, dropping a curtsey like a "<WSD>cheese</WSD>," she strutted away from the Countess's table. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A low curtsey; so called on account of the cheese shape assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.