1st M. Oh, if you only "think so," we had better break off for a while.

[The Committee "break off for a while" and then reassemble.

3rd M. Now everything's right. I thought there was some trouble about the new forage caps. Well, the difficulty has been surmounted, and all is as correct as can be.

1st M. Pleased to hear it. Ammunition up to the mark?

4th M. That's my special department. It may be, but——

3rd M. Oh! Don't you think we had better adjourn a bit?

1st M. Why, certainly.

[They "adjourn a bit," then reassemble.

4th M. Glad I had an opportunity of looking into the affair. Fact is, although we had a lot of cordite, there was certainly——

1st M. Yes, I know. But is it all right now?