No holidays? Dear, dear - that sounds very tedious. What's the point of being king if you can't have a holiday? If I were king, I'd make sure there were plenty of holidays for everybody! But then I suppose that's why I'm not king, as the sorts of people who manage to get themselves crowned aren't the sort who're fond of taking lots of holidays. Which seems dreadfully unfair, but there you have it.

Well anyway, Mengde, Mister Mengde, yes that's much easier isn't it? Or should I say Sir Menge, or Lord Mengde, or King Mengde, or do you have some other exalted salutation? So much to keep track of, I feel myself becoming confused.

Do you think it would be all right if I simply called you "Tim"?