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Upperclassman sleeping. Girls return.

Girls

Still singing. Seven hundredth verse, same as the fist, I love Lulu, I love Lulu, darling!

Upperclassman develops deep and enduring hatred for the name Lulu.

Upperclassman

Hey, what time is it?

The porter

Two-thirty, suh.

Upperclassman

How much longer before we pull in?

The porter

One two hours, suh.

Girls

Here’s a nice place to sit; you don’t mind do you? They sing. Eight hundredth verse, same as the first⁠—

Upperclassman

No, I don’t mind. Grinds teeth and bites hunks out of chair arm.

One hour later.

Girls

Seven thousandth verse, same as the first, I gotta girl, her name is Lulu, I love Lulu⁠—

Upperclassman

Conductor, is there no chance at all for a train robbery, holdups, murders and all that you know?

Conductor

No chance at all, sir.

Upperclassman

Darn.