[After Sir Humphrey prevents Lucy's nude protest by telling her that the Hayward Spinney badger colony is non-existent]
Humphrey, was there one word of truth in that whole story that you told Lucy?
Minister, do you really want me to answer that question?
[thinks uneasily] No, I don't think I do.
[smiles] Quite so. Perhaps there are some things it is better for a Minister not to know?
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