... and, because some things are important, the coach stood outside the magistrate"s house, down in the town. The horses stamped impatiently. The coachman waited. Inside, Lady Sybil darned a sock, because some things are important, with a faint smile on her face.
And floating out of an open upstairs window was the voice of Sam Vimes: "It goes, "Hruuugh!" It is a hippopotamus! That"s not my cow!"
Nevertheless, it was close enough for now.