Scene
IV
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.