A scene from the throne room

We shall annex the coat pegs by the north stair, and it costs only one hat, one fly and a written apology from the stool, paid in compliments. The pegs are oak, I am told, which makes them load-bearing and therefore already mine.

You are paid in favours henceforth, sir, and I grant you the first one unasked: the crown waives its claim to your column and refunds you one nap, redeemable at the bench outside Quill's. Nobody here will mention the eleven dollars again, least of all the inventory clerk, who has been given a small hat.