Julien Dupre Returning From the Fields

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expect you know what that is, captain?'
'Oh, yes. The golden throne of Ankh-Morpork.'
And no-one has sat his sword, and part of it drifted gently away in a puff of dust.
'What do you think about this, captain?'
Carrot stood up.
'On the whole, sir, it's probably just as well that people don't know.'
'So I have always thought. Well, I will not keep you. I'm sure you have a lot to organize.'
Carrot saluted.
'Thank you, sir.'in it for many hundreds of years. Have you ever wondered about it?''Exactly what do you mean, sir?''So much gold, when even the brass has been stripped off the Brass Bridge? Take a look behind the throne, will you?'Carrot mounted the steps.'Good grief!'The Patrician looked over his shoulder.'It's just gold foil over wood . . .''Quite so.'It was hardly even wood any more. Rot and worms had fought one another to a standstill over the last biodegradable fragment. Carrot prodded it with