(_While the chorus sing “The Marseillaise,”_ FRANCE _and_ BELGIUM _stand with unfurled flags_. FRANCE, _several steps in front of_ BELGIUM, _appears to lead the music. Appropriate pantomime during the singing will help._ BELGIUM, _too, shows the effects of the music, first, by an awakened look, then by advancing one step at a time, until she is shoulder to shoulder with_ FRANCE _when the song ends_.) _BELGIUM_: Dare I, dare I believe? _FRANCE_: Believe? Believe the victory will be ours? Aye, never doubt it. Nor shall we fight alone. Britain joins our cause. _BELGIUM_: Britain? Britain, the proud, the arrogant! Why think ye she will come? _FRANCE_: Because she hath promised. _BELGIUM_: Promised! Promised! Methinks I have heard that the promises of strong nations are but “scraps of paper.” _FRANCE_: But not Britain’s promises! Proud, arrogant, and strong she may be, but when was she known to break a treaty? She hath promised her fleets to guard my shore and I rely on her word. Britain never shall be foresworn. (_MUSIC: “Rule Britannia” heard as at a distance._) _BELGIUM_: Hark! What is that? _FRANCE_: There! it is she! Did I not tell you Britain would keep her word? NO. 3. _CHORUS_: “RULE BRITANNIA”: When Britain first at Heaven’s command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang the strain: Rule, Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never shall be slaves. Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke; As the loud blast that tears the skies Serves but to root thy native oak. Rule, Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never shall be slaves. Thee, haughty tyrants ne’er shall tame; All their attempts to bear thee down Will but arouse thy generous flame, But work their woe, and thy renown. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never shall be slaves. (_As the chorus reach the refrain “Rule Britannia, rule the waves!”_ BRITAIN _enters. She is dressed as Britannia. Accompanying her are_, ENGLAND, _clad in white and rose pink, bearing the English standard_; SCOTLAND, _clad in white and purple, bearing the Scottish standard_; IRELAND, _dressed in white and green, bearing Irish flag_; WALES _dressed in white, bearing the Welsh flag_; CANADA, _dressed in white robe, trimmed with maple leaves, bearing Canadian flag_, AUSTRALIA _and_ NEW ZEALAND, _dressed in robes similar to_ BRITAIN’S _other daughters_, INDIA, _clad in native costume_. BRITAIN _with her companions grouped about her, occupies the center of the stage_, BELGIUM _and_ FRANCE, _the front-left and right_.) _BRITAIN_ (_touching the Union Jack on her shield with her trident, then extending it to_ FRANCE): I have come, my Sister. _FRANCE_ (_impulsively rushing forward and clasping_ BRITAIN’S _hand_): I said ye would come. (_Turning to_ BELGIUM.) Said I not so?