Monstrous Regiment (Discworld)

Is very . . . tetchy,’ he controlled. ‘Tetchy? ’ acknowledged Vimes. ‘A tetchy god? What, he complains concerning the noise their youngsters make? items to loud tune after 9 p. m.? ’ ‘Um . . . we get the Ankh-Morpork occasions right here, sir, finally, and, er, I’d say, er, that Nuggan is particularly very like, er, the type of those who write to its letter column. you recognize, sir. the sort who signal their letters “Disgusted of Ankh-Morpork” . . . ’ ‘Oh, you suggest he particularly is mad,’ stated Vimes. ‘Oh, I’d by no means suggest something like that, sir,’ acknowledged Chinny hurriedly. ‘What do the clergymen do approximately this? ’ ‘Not much, sir. i believe they quietly forget about a few of the extra, er, severe Abominations. ’ ‘You suggest Nuggan items to dwarfs, cats and the color blue and there’re extra insane commandments? ’ Chinny coughed courteously. ‘All correct, then,’ growled Vimes. ‘More severe commandments? ’ ‘Oysters, sir. He doesn’t like them. yet that’s now not an issue simply because nobody there has ever visible an oyster. Oh, and infants. He Abominated them, too. ’ ‘I take it humans nonetheless cause them to right here? ’ ‘Oh, certain, your gr— I’m sorry. convinced, sir. yet they suppose accountable approximately it. Barking canines, that was once one other one. Shirts with six buttons, too. And cheese. Er . . . humans simply kind of, er, steer clear of the trickier ones. Even the clergymen appear to have given up attempting to clarify them. ’ ‘Yes, i believe i will see why. So what we have now here's a state that attempts to run itself at the commandments of a god who, the folks suppose, might be donning his underpants on his head. Has he Abominated underpants? ’ ‘No, sir,’ Chinny sighed. ‘But it’s most likely just a topic of time. ’ ‘So how do they deal with? ’ ‘These days, humans generally pray to the Duchess Annagovia. you spot icons of her in each apartment. They name her the Little mom. ’ ‘Ah, convinced, the Duchess. am i able to get to determine her? ’ ‘Oh, nobody sees her, sir. not anyone other than her servants has noticeable her for greater than thirty years. To be sincere, sir, she’s most likely useless. ’ ‘Only most likely? ’ ‘No one particularly is familiar with. The authentic tale is that she’s in mourning. It’s really unhappy, sir. The younger Duke died every week once they obtained married. Gored via a wild pig in the course of a hunt, i feel. She went into mourning on the previous fort at PrinceMarmadukePiotreAlbertHans JosephBernhardtWilhelmsberg and hasn’t seemed in public due to the fact. The reliable portrait was once painted while she was once approximately 40, i feel. ’ ‘No kids? ’ ‘No, sir. On her demise, the road is extinct. ’ ‘And they pray to her? Like a god? ’ Chinny sighed. ‘I did placed this in my briefing notes, sir. The royal family members in Borogravia have regularly had a quasi-religious prestige, you spot. They’re the pinnacle of the church and the peasants, not less than, pray to them within the desire that they’ll installed a great note with Nuggan. They’re like . . . residing saints. Celestial intermediaries. To be sincere, that’s how those international locations paintings as a minimum. if you'd like anything performed, you'll want to be aware of definitely the right humans. and that i think it’s more straightforward to wish to somebody in an image than to a god you can’t see. ’ Vimes sat taking a look at the consul for your time. whilst he subsequent spoke, he worried the guy to his boots.