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...bright dialogue, showing Gilbert at his best, and the music also is brisk and catching. Burning with rage and shame King Hildebrand sizes upon Gama, the Princess' father, and declares war against the "girl graduates." The learned maids, true to their theory, array themselves in armor, and aided by Arac and his brethren,-relations of the princess, offer defiance to the opposing army. All ends well, however, and the Princess, giving up philosophical pursuits, consents to marry Prince Hilarion, the opera ending with Tennyson's beautiful lines...