Company D once
saw the queen of England, saw her just as plain! She was wearing a scoop
bonnet with pink roses around her face.... Sh! Shh!"

"Of all the operas that Verdi wrote."

"Who's Verdi?"

"The best, to my taste, is the 'Trovatore.'"

"'Trovatore?' Eddy, isn't that the serenading fellow who goes on singing
till they hang him? Oh, Lord, yes! And the anvil chorus! The anvil
chorus comes in there. Go on, Eddy. We feel perfectly at home."

"And Mario"

"Hm! stumped again."

"can sooth with a tenor note
The souls in Purgatory."

The large bearded man was up once more. "I rise to object. There isn't
any such place. The com--commanding general'll put him in irons for
misrepresenting the sidereal system. There's only heaven, hell, and the
enemy.--_Yaaaaih, Yaai.... Yaaai, yaaaah, yaaaaih!_ Certainly, sergeant.
The pleasure is mine, sir. Don't mention it, I beg. Mum's the word!"

"The moon on the tower slept soft as snow"--

"Gee-whiz! what a snowball! Didn't the tower break down? No! You amaze
me. Go on, Eddy, go on. We know the natural feelings of a sophomore."

"And who was not thrilled in the strangest way
As we heard him sing, while the gas burned low,
'_Non ti scordar di me?_'"

"What's that? Wait a minute, Eddy! Let's get the words. I always did
want a chance at German.--Now you say them slowly and we'll repeat....
Why, man alive, you ought to be proud of your linguistic
accomplishments!... Well, I'll begin, and we'll fire by platoons.

"Non ti scordar di me?--"

"Attention! Company A!"

"Non ti scordar di me?--
Non ti scordar di me?"

"Very good! We'll get the meaning after we learn the words. Company B!"

"Non ti scordar di me?"

"Well roared, Bottom! Company C!"

"Non ti scordar di me?"

"Look out, or General Banks'll be sending over Tom's Brook to know
what's the matter! Company D!"

"Non ti scordar di me?"

"Company D goes to the head of the class! Company E!"

"Non ti scordar di me?"

"'Ware pine cones! Company E's shaking them down.... This class's
getting too big. Let's all learn the words together, so's Private
Horsemanden can go on with his piece! Attention, 65t