![]() 'Er.' 11 Except in the particular case of Sidney Lopsides, who was paid two dollars a day from City funds to wear a sack over his head. 'If that wasn't a false partition, our Carrot's gone and knocked a hole in the side,' said Vimes calmly, watching the captain. 'And I know the law, and you can't–' There was a crash of timber from below. 'There's no false partition in the hold!' snapped Jenkins. 'Right, sir,' said Carrot, walking towards the ladder. ![]() 'Captain Carrot?' ‘Sir.' 'You and Detritus go and look behind that false partition in the hold,' said Vimes. 'Bugger off!' 'I'm choosing to believe that was a salty nautical expression meaning "Why, certainly,` said Vimes. 'I do?' 'We need to borrow your boat,' said Vimes. 'Yes, because you have an unrivalled opportunity to aid the war effort!' 'I have?' 'And also to demonstrate your patriotism,' Carrot added. When someone tells you it's your lucky day, something bad is about to happen. ![]() Noone likes being told it's their lucky day. ![]() They ran all the way to the docks, m'lord, and Vimes saw Captain Jenkins and he said–' 'Ah, Captain Jenkins! This is your lucky day!' The captain looked up from the rope he was coiling. 'There was Carrot an' Vimes anna dwarf an' a zombie an' all of them, m'lord. He fought off an urge to scratch his own arm. ![]()
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