First-rate coffee , but no wine , and that 's a mistake , ' said Stuffy , who still deserved his name , and was a stout youth with a heavy eye and bilious complexion . ` Bad for boys , he says . Jove ! wish he could see us at some of our wines . Do n't we just `` splice the main brace '' as Emil says , ' answered Dolly , the dandy , carefully spreading a napkin over the glossy expanse of shirt-front whereon a diamond stud shone like a lone star . His stutter was nearly outgrown ; but he , as well as George , spoke in the tone of condescension , which , with the blase airs they assumed , made a very funny contrast to their youthful faces and foolish remarks . Good-hearted little fellows both , but top-heavy with the pride of being Sophs and the freedom that college life gave them . ` Little Jo is getting to be a deuced pretty girl , is n't she ? ' said George , with a long sigh of satisfaction as his first mouthful of ice went slowly down his throat . ` H 'm -- well , fairish . The Princess is rather more to my taste . I like 'em blonde and queenly and elegant , do n't you know . ' ` Yes , Jo is too lively ; might as well dance with a grasshopper . I 've tried her , and she 's one too many for me . Miss Perry is a nice , easy-going girl . Got her for the german . ' ` You 'll never be a dancing man . Too lazy . Now I 'll undertake to steer any girl and dance down any fellow you please . Dancing 's my forte . '
And XXXXX glanced from his trim feet to his flashing gem with the defiant air of a young turkey-cock on parade .
Dolly Emil George Perry Princess Sophs Stuffy fairish first stutter