However, if Victoria insists on him taking on this task, or if the members of the Coronation Committee unanimously approve, then Arthur might just have to compromise. After all, Victoria is now the Queen, and he cannot oppose the decisions of the members of the Coronation Committee, Your Excellency.
More importantly, as the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Home Office, Arthur no longer possesses the audacity of lying in bed as he did in years past.
After all, his control over the Home Office is not as strong as it is over Scotland Yard.
As long as he dares to lie on the bed, Permanent Secretary Phillips would dare to report him as retiring due to illness, and might even kick him out under the pretext of showing humanitarian concern, turning around to find someone else to take over the work.
Everyone knows that relinquishing power is always easy, but when you want to reclaim it, it becomes nothing but difficult.
