Official. I congratulate you upon your success. The more especially as you have gained it without the assistance of the Imperial power. (The Colonists indulge in roars of laughter.) But now my turn has arrived. In the name of the Sovereign I claim this land for England!
Colonists. No you don't! Be off! We can get on without you!
[Turns Official and his Flag out of the Country. Curtain.
ARGENTINA.
[It is stated that Jabez S. Balfour is living "in a perfect fairy-land.">[
I Dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls,
With orchids on every side,
A very long way from Old Bailey's walls,
Where Newton and Hobbs were tried.