‘Oh, Barry, thanks. Did I doze off again?’

‘You did, chief. And you mustn’t do that. Not in your important role as World Leader.’

‘Oh, yes. We pulled it off, didn’t we? And you helped, I know you helped.’

‘I might have slipped the occasional bit of inspiration in here and there, chief, made the lady chauffeur doze off at the appropriate moment so Roger could get your message to her, things of that nature.’

‘You’re a good lad, Barry. A regular Holy Guardian.’

‘I aim to please, chief, I aim to please. Although sometimes I wonder.’

Wonder what, Barry?’

Wonder what we all sometimes wonder, I suppose, chief—’