"But I'm going to cut all hops after this, unless some real queen will favor me as her escort and agree to dance at least half the numbers with me.

I've had only two dances this evening.
It's too tame.

I'm going back to Bancroft Hall and stand ready to turn in at the first signal.

What's the use of hanging around at a hop when there's only one girl to every five fellows ?" "You have suffered the just fate of the free lance," remarked Dan Dalzell virtuously.

"As for me, I never think of attending a hop unless I squire some femme thither." "There used to be girls enough last year," complained Joyce.