"Vimes’s lack of interest in other people’s children was limitless, but he could count. “And the last one?” “Oh Hermione, she may be difficult as she has rather scandalized the family, at least in their opinion.” “How?” “She’s a lumberjack.” Vimes thought for a moment and said, “Well, dear, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a man with a lot of wood must be in want of a wife who can handle a great big—” (p. 31)"
January 1, 1970