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 SECOND ACT

— Sofa at right angles with fireplace. Fire burning. Shaded electric lamp still burning under portrait over fireplace. Afternoon. Park is seen without. When curtain rises there is the faint sound of soldiers drilling on parade-ground between house and park—tramp, tramp, and voice of drill-sergeant. is at his desk, reading and signing letters. Secretaries in khaki are coming and going silently. Enter by lower door, R.  Sir Malcolm Clark, the Chief Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, wishes to see you, sir.  Bring him in. [ ''enters. He is one of the three who appeared at the beginning of the foregoing scene.''  Good day, sir.

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