Chapter 5

[wee_big_man]

[Not being the sort to watch television - or even, for that matter, have any idea what, exactly, a television is - Rob's missed the whole Westport excitement. But he has noticed the new street, and the numerous amounts of people leaving Mayfield to head to Westport

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[wee_big_man]

[Rob stops. Well. Freezes, more like, at the sound of that voice. If he had his helmet, he'd be twiddling it right about now. He wasn't stealing nothing, honest! He was just walking along and this very nice man just gave him a handful of gold coins, really!

Well, he's not actually carrying anything, but that's beside the point. Because if Nanny Ogg is around, then surely Granny Weatherwax is close by. And she is one hag you do not want to cross...]

I didna do it! I wuz oout o' the country at the time! I wuz deid! It couldnae ha' been me!

[wee_big_man]

[He gives her a careful little grin in return.]

'Bout a month, near as I can reckon. [A pause, and he adds hopefully:] I don't s'ppose you've got anythin' tae drink, have ye?

[He can always go and steal from the bar, of course, but there's never any harm in asking.]

[wee_big_man]

[He relaxes at the news that the Hag o' Hags isn't around. And promptly perks right up at the mention of Nanny's scumble.]

I allus said ye wuz as kind-hearted and generous as the day is lang.

[In fact, he's never said such a thing, but Nanny Ogg's scumble would more than make up for the fact that he hasn't been able to get his hands on Granny Aching's Special Sheep Liniment.]