'but there was this man in the cellar , highly inebriated , and he looked just like lord vetinari , and then these men turned up and knocked out rocky and then -- ' 'i 'm not suggesting anything , ' said goodmountain , 'but if these are n't stolen , then i know plenty of places that 'd give us top dollar , even at this time of night -- ' ' -- and of course they were most impolite but really there was nothing i could do -- ' ' -- we could do with a bit of immediate cash , is the point i 'm trying to make -- ' it dawned on the girl and the dwarf that william was no longer listening .