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Dialogue following No. 12
| Hilarion. |
So that’s the Princess Ida’s castle! Well,
They must be lovely girls, indeed, if it requires
Such walls as those to keep intruders off! |
| Cyril. |
To keep men off is only half their charge,
And that the easier half. I much suspect
The object of these walls is not so much
To keep men off as keep the maidens in! |
| Florian. |
But what are these? (Examining some Collegiate robes.) |
| Hilarion. |
(looking at them) |
Why, Academic robes, |
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Worn by the lady undergraduates
When they matriculate. Let’s try them on. (They do so.)
Why, see – we’re covered to the very toes.
Three lovely lady undergraduates
Who, weary of the world and all its wooing – |
| Florian. |
And penitent for deeds there’s no undoing – |
| Cyril. |
Looked at askance by well-conducted maids – |
| All. |
Seek sanctuary in these classic shades! |
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