But small sounds were nearby and suggested such things as stealth betrayed, and were, therefore, pressing and personal. These were loud sounds, which were, therefore, public sounds, which, in turn, meant they were everyones problem and, therefore, not mine. For example, people paid attention to small soundsthe click of a window catch, the clink of a lock pickmore than they did to big sounds, like a brick falling into the street or even (for this was, after all, Ankh-Morpork) a scream. Some of the things you could learn up a drainpipe at night were surprising. He nodded hopefully, leaned forward, and for the first time in many years felt a womans breath in his ear: ∾ven so, this should be said quietly, she hissed. Miss Dearheart looked around the room conspiratorially, as if the heavy old bookcases concealed a multitude of ears. Perhaps you could assuage my curiosity, madam? he said. When parties are interested in unprepossessing land, it might just pay for smaller parties to buy up any neighboring plots, just in case the party of the first part had heard something, possibly at a party. Copyright © 2007 by Terry and Lyn Pratchett
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