"
"All right now, you chaps, the meeting is over. Wilson and I will go up to
Acton, and see what he'll do for us, and then we'll rough out a swagger
programme."
CHAPTER IX
THE END OF TERM
The two worthies, Grim and Wilson, after seeing Acton, began to get out
their programme. Here it is:--
BIFFEN'S JUNIORS' CONCERT.
_Cock House, December, 1898._
(1) Epilogue.
B.A.M. CHERRY.
(2) Poem on the subject of Cock House.
B. SHARPE.
(3) Bar Act.
(4) First Round Junior Boxing Competition.
PRINCE RUNJIT MEHTAH and RAM SINGH.
(5) SONG. "My First Cigar."
R.E. THURSTON.
(6) PIANOFORTE SOLO. "Oh! listen to the band."
O. BROWN.
(7) Second Round Boxing.
(8) SONG. "Jim."
J. ACTON, ESQ.
(9) Third and Concluding Rounds Boxing.
(10) SONG. "Well, suppose you did?"
R.E. THURSTON.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
ACCOMPANIST O.E. BROWN.
_Trinity College (by Examination)._
STAGE MANAGER W.E. GRIM.
N.B.--The Manager begs to state that there will be no Latin
or classical allusions throughout the evening. No waits. No
charge for programmes. No antediluvian jokes.
This was printed on paper blushing pink--Biffen's colours--and Grim and
Wilson, when they got the advance proof last thing on Saturday night,
almost embraced in their jubilation.
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