MINISTER OF WAR

It is our sacred duty, your Majesty, to draw our swords for light and
justice when God calls!


CHIEF OF STAFF

And God has always been with us. God will be with us now!


KING

[_White and tense._

You are three strong men against me. I want peace, but I am helpless
without you three. For I am an anachronism. Not nature but human force,
fighting against nature, keeps me on my throne. If you must have war,
have it. But I tell you this: God has no part in it. Leave God out of
the game!

[_He sinks into the chair by the desk._


PRIME MINISTER

[_To_ MINISTER OF WAR.

Call your Secretary!