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ACT II
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! |
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| 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! |
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| Florian. | But what are these? (Examining some Collegiate robes.) | |
| Hilarion. | (looking at them) | Why, Academic robes, |
| 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 – |
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| Florian. | And penitent for deeds there’s no undoing – | |
| Cyril. | Looked at askance by well-conducted maids – | |
| All. | Seek sanctuary in these classic shades! | |
Florian (Charles Ryley), Hilarion (Henry Bracy) and
Cyril (Durward Lely) in the original production, 1884
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