Myself (with dignity). As a Major and a gentleman——
Kaiser. Enough. I feared it was useless. (Gloomily) We surrender.
The scene closes.
[The final scene is not so clear in my memory that I can place it with confidence upon paper. But the idea of it is this.]
At —— Palace.
A Certain Person. Your country can never sufficiently reward you, Major, but we must do what we can. I confer on you the V.C., the D.S.O., the M.V.O., the P.T.O. and the P. and O. The payment of a special grant of £5,000 a year for life will be proposed in the House to-morrow.
Myself. Thank you, Sir. As for the grant, I shall value it more for the spirit which prompted it than for its actual—— Did you say five thousand, Sir?
[At this point I realise with horror that I have only a very short vest on, and with a great effort I wake.... The papers seem very dull at breakfast.]
A. A. M.