“Lavaeolus?” said Rincewind. His ancestor was right behind them. “‘You’ll get home all right,’” said Lavaeolus bitterly. “Your very words. Huh. Ten years of one damn thing after another. You might have told a chap.” “Er,” said Eric. “We didn’t want to upset the course of history.” “You didn’t want to upset the course of history,” said Lavaeolus slowly.
