Cyril: They'll mock at him and flout him, For they do not care about him And they're "going to do without him" If they can All: If they can! These are the phenomena That ev'ry pretty domina Is hoping at her Universitee we shall see. These are the phenomena That ev'ry pretty domina Is hoping at her Universitee we shall see! 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, 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 — (pose) Florian: And penitent for deeds there's no undoing — (pose) Cyril: Looked at askance by well-conducted maids — (pose) All: Seek sanctuary in these classic shades! TRIO (Cyril, Hilarion and Florian) "I am a maiden" Hilarion: I am a maiden, cold and stately, Heartless I, with face divine. What do I want with a heart, innately? Every heart I meet is mine! Every heart I meet is mine, is mine! All: Haughty, humble, coy, or free, Little care I what maid may be. So that a maid is fair to see, Ev'ry maid is the maid for me! (Dance) Cyril: I am a maiden, frank and simple, Brimming with joyous roguery; Merriment lurks in ev'ry dimple Nobody breaks more hearts than I! Nobody breaks more hearts, more hearts than I All: Haughty, humble, coy, or free, Little care I what maid may be. So that a maid is fair to see, Ev'ry maid is the maid for me! (Dance)