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The Truth, pgs. 1-32

• Rumors fill Ankh-Morpork about the dwarfs mastering turning lead into gold.

• On guard duty, Sgt. Colon and Cpl. Nobbs admit seeing a rowboat in which Pin and Tulip bicker before setting ashore a figure who disappears.

• William de Worde writes down the rumor for his newsletter.
• William de Worde comes into a noisy and dwarf-filled workshop, where Gunilla Goodmountain swiftly sets the block in type and prints enough copies for William to solicit 18 new patrons.

• Meanwhile, in a large house, the exact double of the Patrician Vetinari, the leader of Ankh-Morpork, is delivered to a group plotting his overthrow.

• At Unseen University, the Archchancellor wants Gunilla checked out as a means of reducing printing costs.
• When William again drops into the print room, recalling his last argument with his father, William finds the UU Bursar arguing the various meanings that letters and words hold...

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