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In 1321, you know, a small cloud was prosecuted for covering the sun during the climax of Frenzied Earl Hargath’s investiture ceremony.’ ‘I hope Colon gets a move on with—’ Vimes stopped. He had to know. ‘How?’ he said. ‘What can you do to a cloud?’ ‘The Earl sentenced it to be stoned to death,’ said Carrot. ‘Apparently thirty-one people were killed.
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