[He actually wasn't going to say a thing about your verdigris, Miss Elphaba, but what else was there to say about the Emerald City? Big and shiny and green for miles. He offers an apologetic smile with a small bow of his head]

It was too much glitz for a poor forest-dweller like myself, but I heard that it suited the great and powerful Wizard. [then in a low tone] But while I was there, I also heard rumors the Wizard was a fraud.