LIEUT.-COMMANDER BELSON, R.N.
LIEUTENANT JOHN MAITLAND, R.N.
PRIVATE SIMPSON, R.M.L.I.
OMETSU SAN.
SCENE.--_A room in a Japanese house. It is tastefully furnished in a
half-English, half-native style. A round table for meals. A sideboard
with a tantalus. A piano, and one or two long bamboo chairs. A
well-filled book-case. A verandah can be seen through the doorway._
_OMETSU is dressed in native costume. BELSON in flannels with broad
felt hat. MAITLAND in riding breaches and blazer. SIMPSON in white
drill, with white canvas shoes._