(_When comparative silence is restored, and blinking his open eye._) Beautiful! Beautiful! It is as I thought! A wondrous scene! Now for Question Number--let me see (_eleven Dizzards point to the place_)--Ah, yes! To be sure! (_Reads._) Question Number Two--a wonderful question--a deep and subtly devised question--a question which, as I may say, has done as much as any of the others to persuade us to and keep us all in that happy and unquestioning frame of mind which, as we all know, we now so wisely seek to maintain--Souffle! Souffle! (_he imbibes_)--a question the like of which is not to be found in any other sacred code the world has ever known--and here, my dear fellow-Federationists (_he raises a hand_), and here is it: Question Two--Ah, yes! (_reads_) “Is it not true that all men are now honest, kind, true, moral, virtuous and wise?” (_He pauses for breath and looks benignly about._) THE 1ST, 316TH, 3727TH, 4728TH, 6914TH, AND 7178TH (_Jigging vigorously._) They are! They are! They rarr! rarr! rarr! (_They walk on their hands._) NOXUS PODUNKUS Beautiful! Beautiful! Never have I heard such perfect teamwork! It is wonderful! Not so, my fellow Moonshees? (_He turns._) THE MOONSHEES, PUNDITS, ZADKIELS, ETC. (_Turning over and snoring._) Excellent! Couldn’t be better! They do perfect work! (_They each catch a wink of sleep._) NOXUS PODUNKUS (_Aroused and scratching the back of his neck, the while he eyes them feelingly._) It is too delightful! That I should have lived to have the exalted honor of presiding on so wonderful an occasion! But now for Question Three, my dears--Question Three--another beautiful question (_he fumbles foolishly about seeking the tablet. Seventeen Dizzards point to it._)--Ah, yes! Ah, yes! Very difficult to manage all of these questions! But here it is!--And now for Question Three--a lovely question! A question lovely! I almost hate to read it and have it all over with! (_Reads._) “And that all women are as pure as driven snow?” (_Pauses and gazes about ecstatically, one hand up._) THE 1ST, 316TH, 3727TH, 4728TH, 6914TH, AND 7178TH (_Executing cart-wheels in circles._) Aye! Aye! Aye! Aye! Aye! Aye! ’Tis as easy to say as Pie! Pie! Pie! (_They end by waving with their feet._) THE FEDERATED SPECTATORS Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! The world’s now safe for ever and a day! (_An hour of unbroken applause follows._) NOXUS PODUNKUS (_As quiet is once more restored and he is dusted into semi-consciousness._) Quite so! Quite so! Forever and a day! Ah! And--and (_he looks about for his tablet and twenty-seven Dizzards hand him each a sacred plate._)--and that--let me see--Ah, yes!--Question Four! Question Four! Here it is! (_Reads._) “And that God is always on His Throne?” (_He collapses from exhaustion._) THE 1ST, 316TH, 3727TH, 4728TH, 6914TH, AND 7178TH (_Falling flat on their backs._)