![]() ‘Jutht a figure of thpeech, thur, jutht a figure of thpeech,’ said Igor, looking hurt. ‘Er, you haven’t actually ever had a grave, have you?’ said Jeremy. ‘I thought thomeone wath walking over my grave, thur,’ said Igor, still looking shocked. The slice of toast dropped from Igor’s black-nailed fingers. ‘How would we go about building this?’ Jeremy spread the sheet on the table. Many of my marthterth have needed … thpethial apparatuth not readily obtainable elthewhere, thur. ‘No, thur,’ said Igor, buttering the toast. ![]() ‘Are you any good at working with glass, Igor?’ said Jeremy, ignoring this. I’ve never theen a drawer marked “Thpoonth” which jutht hath thpoonth in it.’ ‘An Igor learnth to antithipate, thur,’ said Igor. ‘Toatht, thur,’ said Igor, turning away from the range. He hurried down, dragging the sheet behind him. There was a clatter of dishes from the little kitchen behind his workshop. Yes, it had all been so clear in the dream. Didn’t Hepzibah Whitlow have the idea of the adjustable pendulum clock as a result of his work as the public hangman? Didn’t Wilframe Balderton always say that the idea for the Fish Tail Escapement came after he’d eaten too much lobster? Great inventions sometimes did arise from dreams and daydreams. He had been writing so fast he’d ignored punctuation and some of the letters, too. And now … He stared at the scrawled lines. It had all made absolute sense when he’d seen it, like a hammer or a stick or Wheelbright’s Gravity Escapement. With, down one side of his eiderdown, a list of parts. In his sleep, he’d sharpened a pencil! And by the look of it he’d been writing and drawing for hours. There were sketches, too, scored deeply into the plaster. It trailed across the pillow and onto the wall. * * * - Thief of Time (Terry Pratchett) | Read books online free without registration and downloading Terry Pratchett « Thief of Time» Subject: Comic Fantasy/Science-fiction * * *
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