THE PRINCESS. It is very kind of your majesty to give so much of your time to a troublesome girl.
THE KING. I confess that I find it a pleasure to converse with you. It is a relief from the burden of my royal responsibilities.
THE PRINCESS. I did not know that a king had responsibilities. I thought he stood above such things.
THE KING. My responsibilities are many and grave.
THE PRINCESS. Yes. What are they?
THE KING. It would take too long to enumerate them in detail. Suffice it to say that the happiness of a whole people depends on me.
THE PRINCESS. The happiness of a whole people…. That means: merchants—and clerks—and—
THE KING. And bricklayers. Yes, and truck drivers. They look to me for their happiness.
THE PRINCESS. In what does the happiness of a truck driver consist, O
King?
THE KING. I am not sure. But I am going to appoint a royal commission to find out for me.