We've parleyed
long enough. Now we'll fight. Force is the only convincing argument
after all.
GROSVENOR
As our Master said, "I bring a sword"--
GENERAL
[_At the window again._
Fine fellows those. Look at that boy there, third from the end. And that
lieutenant. Strapping, wonderful fellows--with brains! That's the great
thing. Give me five hundred thousand of those and I'll hold off all
comers.
GROSVENOR
[_With nervous acuteness._
How long d'ye think it'll last?
GENERAL
Six months. Maybe a year.
GROSVENOR
[_Tentatively._
You couldn't, I suppose--say--more exactly?
GENERAL
[_With a glance of suspicion._
How should I--before it's even begun?
GROSVENOR
[_Hastily._
Oh--er--just a matter of curiosity.
CAPTAIN
[_Laughing._
At any rate, we'll be back in time for the next presidential election.
We're coming back with the General on our shoulders, and when we drop
him it'll be through the skylight of the President's house.
GENERAL
[_Self-consciously._
Don't talk nonsense.
CAPTAIN
There's nothing like a war to make a man President.
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