` Confound these country chaps ! they go blundering round like so many dor-bugs , and make a deuce of a mess . Better stick to books and not try to be society men . Ca n't do it . Beastly stain . Give it a rub , and let me bolt a mouthful , I 'm starved . Never saw girls eat such a lot . It proves that they ought not to study so much . Never liked co-ed , ' growled Dolly , much ruffled in spirit . ` So they do . 'T is n't ladylike . Ought to be satisfied with an ice and a bit of cake , and eat it prettily . Do n't like to see a girl feed . We hard-working men need it , and , by Jove , I mean to get some more of that meringue if it 's not all gone . Here , waiter ! bring along that dish over there , and be lively , ' commanded Stuffy , poking a young man in a rather shabby dress-suit , who was passing with a tray of glasses . His order was obeyed promptly ; but George 's appetite was taken away the next moment by Dolly 's exclaiming , as he looked up from his damaged coat , with a scandalized face : ` You 've put your foot in it now , old boy ! that 's Morton , Mr Bhaer 's crack man . Knows everything , no end of a `` dig '' , and bound to carry off all the honours . You wo n't hear the last of it in a hurry . '
And XXXXX laughed so heartily that a spoonful of ice flew upon the head of a lady sitting below him , and got him into a scrape also .
Bhaer Dolly George Jove Stuffy deuce dor-bugs dress-suit honours meringue