_) Ha! ha! the employment of
Female Clerks is avenged!
_Off._ (_almost in tears_). Reconsider your decision, I beg--I
implore!
_Another Hundred Employes_. Never! (_Aside._) Seven hours a day and no
longer--shall be secured at one fell swoop!
_Off._ (_with indescribable emotion_). Oh, my country! Oh, my Savings
Bank Depositors! Oh, my dignity of the Civil Service!
[_Faints in the arms of faithful Employes, whilst the other
Clerks defiantly depart. Tableau._
ACT II.--"PRESENT."--_Magnificent apartments of the
P.-M.-Gen. in the G.P.O. Deputation of contrite Employes
listening to the eloquent speech of their Official Chief._
_P.M.G._ (_in effect_). I am delighted that you are such good fellows.
Your conduct in owning that you were wrong in refusing to work after
regular official hours, almost effaces a painful page in the history
of St. Martin's-le-Grand. Let it be clearly understood that extra work
is _not_ compulsory, _but_, if _not_ undertaken, may lead (as in the
present instance) to immediate suspension, if not dismissal.
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