Strip 34 - Click on page above to goto the next page. -- First Seen: 2008-10-30
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Strip 34

Panel 1
G and F and B and E at the café table

Fiorella: OK, we understand that founding the Ceres colony was perilous. But that doesn’t explain your having a king.

Bert: Well, King Reginald is somewhat difficult to explain.

Ernie: He has to be experienced.

Panel 2
In the left foreground, we see Babbette the elder watching her sons’ performance out of the corner of her eye. They continue in the right background.

Guy: Be that as it may, we are here to discuss protocol, are we not?

Bert: Oh, that’s right.


Panel 3.
Looking past G and F at B and E

Bert: At an audience, the King insists on formal pomp.

Ernie: Or else the circumstances may be dire.

Bert: Address him as ‘King Reginald’ or ‘Your Majesty’

Ernie: And wait for him to speak first, then respond.

Panel 4.
Bert and Ernie are standing, and taking the cue, G and F begin to stand as well.

Guy: That’s it? I expected it to be more complicated.

Bert: It would’ve been, but we ran out of time.

Ernie: That is, we’re out of time, now.

Bert: Yes. We have to hurry to get there in time.