Good night.


GROSVENOR

Good night, good night.

[_The_ OFFICERS _go out._ GROSVENOR _strides excitedly
up and down._

It's a plot, it's a damned plot--

[_He goes toward the rear and picks up a telephone instrument on a desk
by the window._

Can you get me the House? Mr. Maynard. Yes. Making a speech? Never mind.

[_He hangs up the receiver and presses a button on the wall. Then he
quickly writes a message on the back of the telegram and encloses it in
an envelope. The_ PAGE _enters._


PAGE

Ring, sir?


GROSVENOR

Yes. Take this to the House at once. To Mr. Maynard. See that he gets it