The Truth, pgs. 98-126 Summary

William agrees with his father that "lies could run around the world before the truth could get its boots on" (pg. 98.) Letters prove that people want to believe lies. William orders them published, including the controversial ones along with rebuttals. It looks as though the Guild will block the engraving of iconographs but Otto believes that he can teach the imps to etch plates. He is also working on an "obscurograph" for taking pictures with light from the other side of darkness that only imps can see. A demonstration makes William feel like pins have been hammered through every cell in his body, while Otto sees in the resulting picture inexplicable presences. Hearing that someone has been killed at the Palace, William heads there.

William talks their way past dim Sgt. Detritus to Commander Vimes, whom he...