Sov. Can you suggest anything else?
Neg. We never suggest. We order. Well, yes, you will do nothing without our approval, or it will be the worse for you.
Sov. Why, this is absolute bullying!
Neg. Pray don't say that, your Majesty. Although I speak plainly, I wish to treat you with every respect.
Sov. But if you have left me nothing, I may as well abdicate in your favour. Shall I?
Neg. You will do as you like, your Majesty. My instructions are to treat your will as law. I have no wish to control your actions, as I accept you as the constitutional sovereign of an independent state. Do what you please, and what pleases you will please me also. My instructions are to give you entire freedom of action—so long as that freedom chimes in with our requirements!
[Scene closes upon the pleasing proceedings.
Private and Confidential.—Mr. Bigg Stuffer writes to us, "I see the Princess and her daughters visited the grandest gorge in Norway. Well, after a day's touring with my friend Grubber, I think the pair of us will show any traveller about the biggest gorge anywhere."