YASMIN You are a valiant protection indeed for frail-as-a-rose ladies in danger's hour.
(They remain at window.)
CAPTAIN OF MILITARY
(To CHIEF OF POLICE) Sir.
CHIEF OF POLICE
Sir.
CAPTAIN OF MILITARY
(Saluting) Captain of the Victorious Army, at your service.
CHIEF OF POLICE
(Saluting) Chief of the August Police, at yours.
CAPTAIN OF MILITARY
(Bowing) I am honoured.
CHIEF OF POLICE
(Bowing) I am overwhelmed.
ISHAK Come, Sirs, brush away, I implore you, the cobwebs of ceremony with the broom of expedition.
CHIEF OF POLICE
Sir, when men of action meet, the place of the man of letters
is inside his pencase.
CAPTAIN OF MILITARY
A moment! Ere we proceed, Chief of Police, may I ask why this man
is undergoing punishment?