Leaving them in Jones' hands he goes into the office where the Vicar is sitting at the desk. The Vicar refuses to stand up and let Mainwaring have the chair, at which point the national anthem can be heard from the other room. Mainwaring and the Vicar stand side by side with the chair in the middle. Mainwaring's face and moustache twitches are a sketch in themselves as he tries to manoeuvre himself to be nearest the chair when the anthem ends.


