“They say,” said Dibbler. “You know. They. Everyone. They say the trolls have killed someone up at Dolly Sisters and the dwarfs have smashed up Chalky the troll’s all-night pottery and they’ve broken down the Brass Bridge and—” Carrot looked up the road. “You just came over the Brass Bridge,” he said. “Yeah, well . . . that’s what they say,” said Dibbler.
