MAKERS OF MADNESS
SCENE I
A room in the Ministry of War in the capital of Iberia.
Evening.
The minister of war, a tall, stern, bearded man with deep-set eyes and many furrows, is sitting at a large, mahogany desk-table, Left.
The chief of staff, silent, motionless and watchful, stands beside him with his hands resting on the table-top. He is thin, old and emaciated, clean-shaven, firm-lipped, and looks startlingly like a bird of prey. Right, stands a group of generals and other officers.
minister of war
[Rising and speaking in a sharp, crisp bass voice.