[We cut to the main hall where the King is playing arm wrestling with Harry]
Keep going, keep going. Use both hands! [Harry does so] Very good, very good... [Harry loses] Well done, well done, Harry. [there's a knock at the door] Enter!
[enters, bowing repeatedly, and continuing throughout the scene] Your Majesty.
Ah! My Lord Archbishop.
Um, there were just a couple of points, um, about my appointment, um, before things really firmed up.
Yes?
Um, personally, could I-
No, you couldn't!!!
Oh, fine. [backs up several paces] And, er, secondly-
Don't be mistaken about this appointment, Edward. I've always despised you!
Well, you are my father. I mean, you're biased.
You, compared to your beloved brother, Harry, are as excrement compared to cream!
Oh, my lord, you flatter me!
And me, also!
So now, my boy, when I've at last found a use for you, don't try to get out of it!
Oh no, no, no, no, no! I just thought someone else, someone equally weak-willed and feeble-
HA! There's no such man!
Of course not. Or perhaps someone who believed in God-
No, no, no! If I needed someone who believed in God, I'd have chosen Harry! Not an embarrassing little weed like you.
Oh, well, I think that's everything cleared up. Goodness, it must be almost time for evensong. Must be going.
[calmly] Egbert... [Edmund tries to pretend not to hear] Come here. [Edmund does so. He bows repeatedly, and begin to kiss Richard's hand, until he grabs him] A word of advice: if you cross me now, or ever, I shall do unto you what God did unto the Sodomites.
I don't think that's a very good idea.
You understand?
Well, I shall make myself available for all eventualities. Thank you so much. [steps backwards, bowing repeatedly, and bumps into a set of drawers. Then he adjusts his movements, and he backs out into an open hallway. He turns] Flee!
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