diff --git a/dat/tribute b/dat/tribute
index b31a98069..574edfd01 100644
--- a/dat/tribute
+++ b/dat/tribute
@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@ Somewhere in the mechanism something resisted for a moment and then went
 axles.  A small important piece flew out and pinged off of Casanunda's
 small bullet head.
 
-And must faster than nature had ever intended, the hands sped around the
+And, much faster than nature had ever intended, the hands sped around the
 face.
 
 (1) This is the last line to a Discworld joke lost, alas, to posterity.