Conquest; Or, A Piece of Jade; a New Play in Three Acts

by Marie Carmichael Stopes

(Together.) That is the bell bird.

Loveday.

Is it wild?

Nora.

Of course, it is quite common.

Loveday.

How clear and sweet! It is the voice of New Zealand herself, calling to her sisters all over the world, to wake, wake and sing the triumphal song of the Empire. That song will cross the waves in a thousand hearts and echo in the very centre of our lands.

Nora.

Don’t be a romantic goose, Loveday. The bell bird is as common as thrushes are in England.

Loveday.