_Ko-Ko_. Exactly--as the city will have to pay for it. That is your
advice?

_Pooh-Bah_. As Private Secretary. Of course you will understand
that, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, I am bound to see that due
economy is observed.

_Ko-Ko_. Oh, but you said just now, 'Don't stint yourself; do it
well.'

_Pooh-Bah_. As Private Secretary.

_Ko-Ko_. And now you say that due economy must be observed.

_Pooh-Bah_. As Chancellor of the Exchequer.

_Ko-Ko_. I see. Come over here where the Chancellor can't hear us.
_(They cross stage.)_ Now, as my Solicitor, how do you advise me to
deal with this difficulty?

_Pooh-Bah_. Oh, as your Solicitor, I should have no hesitation in
saying chance it.

_Ko-Ko_. Thank you _(shaking his head)_; I will.

_Pooh-Bah_. If it were not that, as Lord Chief Justice, I am bound
to see that the law isn't violated.

_Ko-Ko_. I see. Come over here where the Chief Justice can't hear
us. (_They cross the stage_.) Now, then, as First Lord of the