CHIEF OF STAFF

[_Calmly._

I have been making my plans for twenty years. The present plans have
been complete, except for slight revisions, for three years.


PRIME MINISTER

The army and navy are fully equipped?


MINISTER OF WAR

Down to the last shoe-string.


PRIME MINISTER

[_To_ CHIEF OF STAFF.

Would you say it would be better to wait a week or a month or even a
year--or to strike at once?


CHIEF OF STAFF

[_Firmly and quietly._