Bernard Woolley: [on the phone] Hello, Graham, it's Bernard. Tell Sir Humphrey that the Minister's just gone walkabout. Yes, yes, AWOL. Well, of course I told him, yes. I know. I think you'd better let him know right away. [hangs up]Bernard Woolley: One... two... three... four... five... six... seven... eight... nine... TEN.Sir Humphrey Appleby: [arrives at the office] What's all this about?Bernard Woolley: The minister's just left the office, that's all.Sir Humphrey Appleby: That's all? Do you mean he's loose in the building? Why didn't you warn me?Bernard Woolley: I did advise him, but he is the minister. There's no prohibition aga inst ministers talking to their staff.Sir Humphrey Appleby: Who's he talking to?Bernard Woolley: Perhaps he was just restless.Sir Humphrey Appleby: If the minister's restless, he can feed the ducks in St James's Park!Bernard Woolley: Yes, Sir Humphrey.Sir Humphrey Appleby: Tell me who the minister's talking to.Bernard Woolley: Well, surely the minister can talk to anyone.Sir Humphrey Appleby: Bernard... I'm in the middle of writing your annual report. Now, it is not a responsibility that either of us would wish me to discharge whilst I am in a bad temper. Who's the minister talking to?Bernard Woolley: Perhaps you could help me. I can see that you should know if he calls on an outsider. I fail to see why you should be informed if he just wants to, to take a hypothetical example, to check a point with... Dr Cartwright...Sir Humphrey Appleby: Thank you, Bernard. Must fly.Bernard Woolley: Room 4017.Sir Humphrey Appleby: I know.
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