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course it wasn't like that now. Sergeant Colon had been happily married for years, perhaps because he and his wife arranged their working lives so that they only met occasionally, normally on the doorstep. But she left him decent meals in the oven, and there was clearly something there; they'd got grandchildren, even, so obviously there had been times some old man dying in the groove of his life and buried out of pity by a bunch of youngsters who never knew you as anything other than some old fart who always seemed to be around the place and got sent out to bring back the coffee and hot figgins and was laughed at behind his back?
He'd wanted to avoid that. And now Fate was handing him a fairy tale.
Of course he'd known she was rich. But he hadn't expected the summons to Mr Morecombe's office.when they'd been unable to avoid each other. Young Carrot had to fight young women off with a stick. And Corporal Nobbs . . . well, he probably made his own arrangements. He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old, although no-one knew where he kept it.The point was that everyone else had someone, even if in Nobby's case it was probably against their will.So, Captain Vimes, what is it really? Do you care for her? Don't worry too much about love, that's a dicey word for the over-forties. Or are you just afraid of becoming

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There was a faint creak as the door opened.
He looked up.
“Glad to see you’re up and about already,” said Granny
Weatherwax. “I’ve come to help you dress.”
“I’ve looked in the garderobe,” said Verence. “The . . .
elves, was it? ... they ransacked the place. There’s nothing
I can wear.”
Granny looked around the room. Then she went to a low
chest and “I ain’t leaving,” said Granny, quietly, “I’m just shutting the door.”
And then there was the incident with the crown.
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was eventually found after a hurried search of Vereopened it. There was a faint tinkling of bells, anda flash of red and yellow.“I thought you never threw them away,” she said. “And you ain’t put on any weight, so they’ll still fit. On with the motley. Magrat’ll appreciate it.”“Oh, no,” said Verence. “I’m very firm about this. I’m king now. It’d be demeaning for Magrat to marry a Fool. I’ve got a position to maintain, for the sake of the kingdom. Besides, there is such a thing as pride.”Granny stared at him for so long that he shifted uncomfortably.“Well, there is,” he said.Granny nodded, and walked toward the doorway.“Why’re you leaving?” said Verence nervously.

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we probably don’t need to worry about it. Are there anymore around?”
“I... don’t think so. Uh. Miss Queen?”
“Yes, Shawn?”
“Could you put the axe down, please? I’d feel a lot bet-ter if you put the axe down. The axe. Miss Queen. You keep swinging it about. It could go off at any second.”
“What axe?”
“The one you’re holding.”
“Oh, this axe.” Magrat appeared to notice it for the first time. “That arm looks bad. Let’s get down to the kitchen and I’ll splint it. Those fingers don’t look good, either. Did they kill Diamanda?”
“I don’t know. And I don’t know why. I mean, she was helping them.”
228“No, miss.”
“They couldn’t have painted her from life, of course. ILORQ6 ftttD ift0/£6“Yes. Wait a moment.” Magrat disappeared one moretime into the armory, and came back carrying a sack. “Comeon. Greebo!”Greebo gave her a sly look, and stopped washing himself.“D’you know a funny thing about Lancre?” said Magrat, as they sidled down the stairs.“What’s that, miss?”“We never throw anything away. And you know anotherthing?”
mean, people didn’t paint portraits in those days. But the
armor . .. hah! All they had to do was look. And you know

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probably pouring the water in,” he said.
“You’ve got a minute or two,” said his wife. “Go on, or we’ll be drinking yogurt for weeks.”
Mr. Skindle took down a halter from behind the door, and crept out to where his goat was tethered near the hedge. It too had learned to, one after the other. Shrapnel whizzed past Mr. Skindle’s ear.
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theend—“
He threw the goat through the doorway and leapt after it. His wife was waiting, and slammed the recognize the bathtime ritual, and was rigid with apprehension.There was no point in trying to drag it. Eventually he picked it up bodily.There was a distant but insistent sloshing noise, and the144LQRQ6 ft/VQ LftQ/£Sbonging sound of a floating pumice stone bouncing on the side of a tin bath.Mr. Skindle started to run.Then there was the distant tinkle of a banjo being tuned.The world held its breath.Then it came, like a tornado sweeping across a prairie.“AAaaaaeeeeeee—“Three flowerpots outside the door cracked

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conteft about power, you stupid girls, it is a contest about witchcraft, do you not even begin to know what being a witch IS?
“Is a witch someone who would look round when she heard a child scream?
“And the townspeople said, Yess!”
“That was wonderful,” said Mrs. Quamey, the storekeeper’s wife. “The whole town cheered. A true miffic quality.”
They were in the tavern’s back room. Granny Weatherwax was lying on a bench with a damp towel over her face.
“Yes, it was, wasn’t it?” said Magrat.
80was some kind of rare talent.
“Gytha?” said Granny, from under the towel.
“Yes?”
“You knows I don’t normally tou“That girl was left without a leg to stand -on, everyone says.”“Yes,” said Magrat.“Strutted off with her nose in a sling, as they say.”“Yes,” said Magrat.“Is the little boy all right?”They all looked at Pewsey, who was sitting in a suspi-cious puddle on the floor in the comer with a bag of sweets and a sticky ring around his mouth.“Right as rain,” said Nanny Ogg. “Nothing worse’n a bit of sunburn. He screams his head off at the least little thing, bless him,” she said proudly, as if this ch strong licker, but I’ve heard you mention the use of brandy for medicinal purposes.”
“Coming right up.”

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looked inside himself.And went on looking.He sagged to his knees.I CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE BUSY, said Death."Don't leave me! It's so empty!"Death looked around at the endless desert. He snapped his fingers and a large white horse trotted up.I SEE A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE, he said, swinging himself into the saddle."Where? Where?"HERE. WITH YOU.
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voice . . . . Surely, there had been a voice? But all he could remember was the sound of his own thoughts, bouncing off the inside of his own head.
Now he had to cross the desert. What could there be to fear? The desert was what you believed.
Vorbis "I can't see them!"
Death gathered up the reins.
NEVERTHELESS, he said. His horse trotted forward a few steps.
"I don't understand!" screamed Vorbis.
Death paused. YOU HAVE PERHAPS HEARD THE PHRASE

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mainly consisted of tentacles.
"Who were the people who lived here?" said Brutha.
"I don't know."
"What god did they worship?"
"I don't know."
"The statues are made of granite, but there's no granite near here."
"They were very devout, then. They dragged it all the way."
"And the altar block is covered in grooves."
"Ah. Extremely devout. That would be to let the blood run off."
"You really think they did human sacrifice?"
"I don't know! I want to get out of here!"
"Why? There's water and"Who cares? I didn't ask you about him."
"Well . . . sometimes . . . when I'm on catacomb duty . . . it's the kind of place where you it's cool-”"Because . . . a god lived here. A powerful god. Thousands worshiped it. I can feel it. You know? It comes out of the walls. A Great God. Mighty were his dominions and magnificent was his word. Armies went forth in his name and conquered and slew. That kind of thing. And now no one, not you, not me, no one, even knows who the god was or his name or what he looked like. Lions drink in the holy places and those little squidgy things with eight legs, there's one by your foot, what d'you call 'em, the ones with the antennae, crawl beneath the altar. Now do you understand?""No," said Brutha."Don't you fear death? You're a human!"Brutha considered this. A few feet away. Vorbis stared mutely at the patch of sky."He's awake. He's just not speaking." can't help . . . I mean, all the skulls and things . . . and the Book says . . ."
"There you are," said Om, a note of bitter triumph in his voice. "You don't