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(Context: Moist/Spangler is a criminal about to be hanged.) > 'You're a card, Mr Spangler,' said Mr Wilkinson. 'It won't be the same without you around, and that's the truth.' > 'Not for me, at any rate,' said Moist. This was, once again, treated like rapier wit. Moist sighed. 'Do you really think all this deters crime, Mr Trooper?' he said. > 'Well, in the generality of things I'd say it's hard to tell, given that it's hard to find evidence of crimes not committed,' said the hangman, giving the trapdoor a final rattle. 'But in the specificality, sir, I'd say it's very efficacious.' > 'Meaning what?' said Moist. > 'Meaning I've never seen someone up here more'n once, sir. Shall we go?' -- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett |