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

by Marie Carmichael Stopes

Re. Off.

H’m. You look more.

2nd Shep.

I’m forty-two (glares.)

Re. Off.

(Feeling his arm and looking at him.) H’m. Well. Now lads. On this paper are the following questions addressed specially to you as you are between nineteen and forty-five. Question A. Have you volunteered for military service beyond New Zealand as a member of an Expeditionary Force in connection with the present war? If so, have you been accepted for service or rejected?

All Three.

No. No, Boss. No.

Re. Off.

Well, Question B. If you have not volunteered for service, are you, being a single man without dependants, willing to become a member of an Expeditionary Force? or (2) Are you—? By the way, let’s settle that first. Are you all single men?