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

by Marie Carmichael Stopes

Now is the time for a Briton to arise who can slay with his great thought all the enemies of the future.

Now is the time for one to bring forth a noble plan, so that all the treacherous aggressors shall be for ever disarmed and the peaceful nations be for ever free from fear of onslaught.

(She draws the veil across her face, takes a step back into the dusk and vanishes.)

Gordon.

(Exalted and trembling with eagerness.) Angel! Goddess! Tell me—how—

(She does not return and makes no sound.)

Slowly the Curtain descends.

Act II.

Three or Four months later than Act I.