NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE GERMAN, OR THE CROATIAN LANGUAGE, BROWN IS HELPLESS. HE PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE, BUT THE MILITARY DON’T UNDERSTAND HIM. THEY SEE TREASON IN HIS HAT, WHICH IS OF AN ILLEGAL SHAPE, AND THEY ARREST HIM.
JONES AND ROBINSON APPEAR, TO THE SURPRISE OF THE MILITARY, AND RELIEF OF BROWN.
BROWN, QUITE RESIGNED, WALKS QUIETLY TO MEET HIS FATE. JONES PLUNGES VIOLENTLY, BUT IS FINALLY OVERCOME. ROBINSON RESISTS PASSIVELY, AND IS ACCORDINGLY DRAGGED ALONG.
SKETCHES FOUND UPON BROWN.
THEY ARE BROUGHT BEFORE THE GOVERNOR. THAT IS HE SEATED AT THE TABLE, THE SOLDIERS SHOWING HIM THE LIBELLOUS REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CROATS FOUND IN BROWN’S PORTFOLIO. THE LATTER EXPECTS TO BE ORDERED FOR INSTANT EXECUTION; BUT JONES ASSUMES AN AIR OF GREAT DIGNITY, AND SAYS, “Civis Romanus sum.”
