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"Nope"

"But he was the greatest conquerer dial ever lived! His eht Continent and Fourecks, of course"

"I don't blaood beer in one of 'eet to"

"Well, when he got as far as the coast of Muntab, it was said that he stood on the shore and wept Some philosopher told him there were more worlds out there somewhere, and that he'd never be able to conquer the in silence for a moment "Yeah," he said at last "Yeah I can see how that could be Only not as cissy, obviously"

"It is now," said Ponder Stibbons, "Ton the deck, watched him with alert and polite incoo over the Edge just before dawn tomorrow," Ponder explained Everyone turned to Leonard, atching a seagull "Mr da Quirm?" said Lord Vetinari "What? Oh Yes" Leonard blinked "Yes The device will be ready, although the privy is giving me problems" The Lecturer in Recent Runes fumbled in the capacious pockets of his robe "Oh dear, I believe I have a bottle of sothe sea always affectsof probleravity," said Leonard "That's what the survivor of the Maria Pesto reported But this afternoon I feel I can come up with a privy that, happily, utilises the thinner air of altitude to achieve the effect norravity Gentle suction is involved" Ponder nodded He had a quick mind when it came to mechanical detail, and he'd already formed a ood," he said "Well, ht Even with ically assisted e dare not venture closer than thirty ht in the current and swept over the Edge" Rincewind, who had been leaningthe water, turned at this "How far are we from the island of Krull?" he said "That place? Hundreds of miles" said Ponder "We want to keep well away froht into the Circuh it was loud with unspoken thoughts Eachto think of a reason why it would have been far too ht of this, while at the sa a reason why soest construction ever built; it extended ale island of Krull, an entire civilisation lived on what they recovered from it They ate a lot of

sushi, and their dislike for the rest of the world was put down to perrinned in a thin, acid way "Yes indeed" he said "It extends for several thousands of er keep captive seae rates"

"A few fireballs would blow the thing apart" said Ridcully "That does rather require you to be very close to it, though," said Lord Vetinari "That is to say, so close to the Ri that is preventing you froentleic carpet," said Ridcully "Just the job We've got one in-"

"Not that close to the Edge, sir," said Ponder, dismally "The thaumic field is very thin and there are some ferocious air currents" There was the crisp rattle of a big drawing pad being turned to the next page "Oh, yes" said Leonard, more or less to hin a simple means whereby entire fleets could be destroyed quite easily, my lord Only as a technical exercise, of course"

"But with numbered parts and a list of instructions?" said the Patrician "Why, yes, my lord Of course Otherwise it would not be a proper exercise And I feel sure that with the help of these entleave the fro sea "You do this sort of thing as a hobby, do you?" said the Dean "Oh, yes There are no practical applications"

"But couldn't so like that?" said the Lecturer in Recent Runes "You practically include glue and transfers!"

"Well I daresay there are people like that," said Leonard diffidently "But I as before they went too far" And the smile on Lord Vetinari's face was one that probably even Leonard of Quirenius, would never be able to capture on canvas Very carefully, knowing that if they dropped one they probably wouldn't even know they'd dropped one, a teaons into the racks under the rear of the flying ons hiccuped Everyone present, bar one, would freeze The exception was Rincewind, ould be crouched down behind a pile of timber many yards away "They've ail been well fed on Leonard's special feed and should be quite docile for four or five hours" said Ponder, pulling hiiven their meals with a carefully timed interval, and the first lot should be in a o over the Riave this soht "Whatever you do, don't be delayed," he said "Thank you"

"The ones that you'll be taking with you in flight , too We've loaded a mixture of naphtha, rock oil and anthracite dust"

"For ons"

"Yes"