It is not in the spirit of braggadocio that I dare to assert they had never seen anything like it.
The time came to go.

The tipsy antics of the lads had led a majority of the soberer-minded lassies to compel a departure.

I found myself, at the door, beside my little maiden.

She had not had my experience, so she was sober.

She was fascinated by the titubations of the lads who strove to walk beside their girls, and began to mimic them.