WILCOX—(Rising and raising his glass.) Gentlemen, I wish to propose a toast that I know you will all drink heartily. I propose the health of the Captain of Engineers who found a way for our army into the city. Gentlemen, (Raising his glass again) the health of Captain Robert E. Lee!
(All the officers rise at once and lift their glasses. Then look around for LEE.)
WILCOX—Why he isn't here. What can be the matter.
MAGRUDER—I'll go and fetch him.
SCOTT—You might know Lee would be first in the battle and last at a banquet.
TWIGGS—I thought all of the crowd were here.
SCOTT—They are all here but Lee. Evidently we were all too much interested in our food to notice anything else. Let's sing a song to welcome him. (They sing two stanzas of "Yankee Doodle.")
TWIGGS—Here comes Magruder alone. (MAGRUDER enters.) Why, what's the matter? Couldn't you find him?
MAGRUDER—Oh, I found him all right, but that was all the good it did me.
SCOTT—Is he ill?