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What now?
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And so, Mr Speaker,
I would like to set out
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some measures of
long overdue reform,
:37:14
and, yes,
I may be bold to say it,
:37:18
necessary expenditure...
:37:29
I've just been with His Majesty
:37:32
for two hours of uninterrupted
conversation with him.
:37:36
- He means he's talking again.
- No, damn it!
:37:39
Well, yes, but not 15 to the
dozen, and not nonsense, either.
:37:43
He's actually
a damn clever fellow.
:37:45
Had me reading Shakespeare.
:37:47
Have you read King Lear?
Tragic story.
:37:49
Of course!
:37:50
If that fool of a messenger
had got a move on,
:37:54
Cordelia wouldn't
have been hanged,
:37:56
Lear wouldn't have died, and
it would have ended happily.
:37:58
As it is, it's so damned tragic.
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The point is,
the king is better.
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Better than he was?
:38:05
No, better. The "What, what?"
is back. Come.
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No one, Mr Speaker,
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entertains a higher regard
for His Majesty than I do.
:38:14
But we cannot close
our eyes to the fact
:38:17
that His Majesty
has been overtaken
:38:21
by a terrible and I fear
long-lasting illness
:38:27
that seems immune to all forms
of medical treatment.