"They are still going on, your Majesty."
"Yes, I know that! Why are they going on—that's what I want to know? The strike you are talking about was practically over more than a month ago; why has it begun again?"
"They have secured fresh funds, sir, and other trades have joined in."
"Is it the other trades that are finding the funds?"
"Not entirely, sir; large contributions are now coming in from abroad."
"From abroad?" interjected the King irritably, "where are they getting funds from abroad?"
"From England, sir."
"From the Government, do you mean?"
"Of course not from the Government, sir."
"Well, explain yourself, then! Don't call it England if it isn't England."