`Mr Vimes,' said Mrs... «Thud!»
Oliver_Grand28 октября 2011`Mr Vimes,' said Mrs Winkings, `ve cannot help but notice that you still haf not employed any of our members in the Vatch . .
Say `Watch, why don't you? Vimes thought. I know you can. Let the twenty-third letter of the alphabet enter your life. Ask Mr Smith for some, he's got more than enough. Anyway, I have a new argument. It's copper bottomed.
`Mrs Winkings,' he said aloud, `no vampire has applied to join the Watch. They're just not mentally suited to a copper's way of life. And it's Commander Vimes, thank you.'
Mrs Winkings's little eyes gleamed with righteous malice.
`Oh, are you sayink vampires are ... stupid?' she said.
`No, Mrs Winkings, I'm saying that they're intelligent. And
there's your problem, right there. Why would a clever person want to risk getting their nadg- their head kicked in on a daily basis for thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances? Vampires have got class, an education, a von in front of their name. There's a hundred better things for them to be doing than walking the streets as a cop. What do you want me to do, force them to join the force?'
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