√ masterly summation, if I may say so, my lord, said Mr Burleigh, who felt he had some ground to make up. Oh, theyve gone out there because they are a bunch of unprincipled opportunists always ready to grab something for nothing, said Lord Vetinari. Whats in it for the Klatchians? said Lord Downey. additional wealth in a new land, said Lord Vetinari. ∛ecause they are showing a brisk pioneering spirit and seeking wealth and. Why are our people going out there? said Mr Boggis of the Thieves Guild. Lord Vetinari looked attentive, because hed always found that listening keenly to people tended to put them off.Īnd at meetings like this, when he was advised by the leaders of the city, he listened with great care because what people said was what they wanted him to hear. Peopled live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their way to work every day, and then some trivial thing would happen and someone would be having a garden fork removed from their ear. So could lawyers, especially the real rich ones to whom neighbour meant a man whod sue for twenty years over a strip of garden two inches wide. The Watch could tell you a thing or two about neighbours. If it is still attached to his leg, this is a bonus. Copyright © 1997 by Terry and Lyn PratchettĪs every student of exploration knows, the prize goes not to the explorer who first sets foot upon the virgin soil but to the one who gets that foot home first.
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