Federico Andreotti Discretion, The Better Part Of Valour

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recall once they gave up halfway,’ said Poons, happily. ‘Oh, those were great times. I remember me and old "Numbers" Riktor and "Tudgy" Spold climbed up on the Temple of Small Gods, you see, in the middle of a service, and Tudgy had got this piglet in a sack, and he‑‘
‘See on the door of the Assassins’ Guild, and then old Scummidge, who was the porter there, heehee, he was a right terror, anyway, he came out, mm, and then the guards come around the corner‑‘
‘All ready? Right!’
‘‑which puts me in mind of the time me and "Cucumber" Framer got some glue and went round to‑‘
‘Up your end, Dean!’what you’ve done?’ complained the Lecturer in Recent Runes. ‘You’ve set him off now.’‘We could try lifting it by magic,’ said the Chair. ‘Gindle’s Effortless Elevator should do the trick.’‘–and then the high priest turned around and, heh, the look on his face! And then old Numbers said, let’s‑‘‘It’s hardly a very dignified use of magic,’ sniffed the Dean.‘Considerably more dignified than heaving the bloodything over the wall ourselves, wouldn’t you say?’ said the Lecturer in Recent Runes, rolling up his sleeves. ‘Come on, lads.’‘‑and next thing, Pimple was hammering