Lieut.-Commander Belson, R.N.
Lieutenant John Maitland, R.N.
Private Simpson, R.M.L.I.
Ometsu San.
Scene.—A room in a Japanese house. It is tastefully furnished in a half-English, half-native style. A round table for meals. A sideboard with a tantalus. A piano, and one or two long bamboo chairs. A well-filled book-case. A verandah can be seen through the doorway.
Ometsu is dressed in native costume. Belson in flannels with broad felt hat. Maitland in riding breaches and blazer. Simpson in white drill, with white canvas shoes.
A DAUGHTER OF JAPAN
Simpson is laying the table for breakfast. He is looking very solemn. A bell rings. He starts and looks nervously over his shoulder at the door. Lieut.-Commander Belson appears in the doorway. Simpson takes a few steps towards him, salutes, and then stands at “attention.”