Vandover was having a glorious time; he was not silent a minute, talking, laughing, and singing, and crying out continually, "Cherries are ripe!" When he could think of nothing else to say he would exclaim, "Yee-ee-_ow_! Thash way I feel." For two hours they drank steadily.

Vandover was in a dreadful condition; the Dummy got so drunk that he could talk, a peculiarity which at times had been known to occur to him.

As will sometimes happen, Geary sobered up a little and at the "Grotto" bathed his head and face in the washroom.

After this he became pretty steady, he stopped drinking, and tried to assume the management of the party, ordering their drinks for them, and casting up the amount of the check.
About two o'clock they returned toward the Luxembourg, staggering and swaying.

The Luxembourg was a sort of German restaurant under a theatre where one could get some very good German dishes.