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Angua gave in.
'What time is it?' she said.
Carrot very carefully took Captain Vimes' presentation watch out of its cloth case.
'It's—'
—abing, abing, abong, bong . . . bing . . . bing . . .
They waited patiently until it had finished.said Boffo. 'You can have a look if you like.'
An egg was handed up. It had a blobby red nose and a red wig. Angua saw Carrot hold it up to the light and produce a couple of red strands from his pocket.
'But,' she said, trying one more time to get Boffo to understand, 'couldn't you wake up one morning and put on make-up so that you looked like a different clown?'
He looked at her. It was hard to tell his know – Mr Hammerhock's death and everything.'
'Is it?'
'Yes!'
'Oh.'
Detritus considered this for a while, nodded, and settled back into whatever state of mind he normally occupied.
Another neuron gave a fizzle.
'Right,' he said.
Cuddy watched him for a moment.
'That's about it,' he said