From 4e8e1889efadc7a9c5e71f8aa4a44c4b26c9074a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Hunt Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 00:39:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add some quotes. Please correct the formatting if need be. --- dat/tribute | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/dat/tribute b/dat/tribute index 2a10ba038..843b9aa8b 100644 --- a/dat/tribute +++ b/dat/tribute @@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ Equal Rites, by Terry Pratchett # %title Mort (1) %passage 1 -Mort, by Terry Pratchett - +Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and hand ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote. + [Mort, by Terry Pratchett] %e passage %e title # @@ -182,11 +182,79 @@ Interesting Times, by Terry Pratchett # # # -%title Maskerade (1) +%title Maskerade (4) %passage 1 -Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett + 'Maybe you could... help us?' + 'What's wrong?' + 'It's my boy...' + Granny opened the door further and saw the womand standing behind Mr. Slot. One look at her face was enough. There was a bundle in her arms. + Granny stepped back. 'Bring him in and let me have a look at him.' + She took the baby from the woman, sat down on the room's one chair, and pulled back the blanket. + 'Hmm,' said Granny, after a while. + 'There's a curse on this house, that's what it is,' said Slot. 'My best cow's been taken mortally sick, too.' + 'Oh? You have a cowshed?' siad Granny. 'Very good place for a sick-room, a cowshed. It's the warmth. You better show me were it is.' + 'You want to take the boy down there?' + 'Right now.' + [...] + 'How many have you come for?' + ONE. + 'The cow?' + Death shook his head. + 'It could be the cow.' + NO. THAT WOULD BE CHANGING HISTORY. + 'History is about things changing.' + NO. + Granny sat back. + 'Then I challenge you to a game. That's traditional. That's /allowed/.' + Death was silent for a moment. + THIS IS TRUE. + 'Good.' + HOWEVER... YOU UNDERSTAND THAT TO WIN ALL YOU MUST GAMBLE ALL? + 'Double or quits? Yes, I know.' + BUT NOT CHESS. + 'Can't abide chess.' + OR CRIPPLE MR ONION. I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE RULES. + 'Very well. How about one hand of poker? Five cards each, no draws? Sudden death, as they say.' + Death thought about this, too. + YOU KNOW THIS FAMILY? + 'No.' + THEN WHY? + 'Are we talking or are we playing?' + OH, VERY WELL. + Granny looked at her cards, and threw them down. + FOUR QUEENS. HMM. THAT /IS/ VERY HIGH. + Death looked down at his cards, and then up into Granny's steady, blue-eyed gaze. + Neither moved for some time. + Then Death laid the hand on the table. + I LOSE. ALL I HAVE IS FOUR ONES. + [Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett] +%e passage +%passage 2 + Ahahahahaha! + Ahahahaha! + Aahahaha! + BEWARE!!!!! + Yrs sincerely, + The Opera Ghost + 'What sort of person,' said Salzella, 'sits down and /writes/ a maniacal laugh? And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head. Opera can do that to a man.' + [Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett] +%e passage +%passage 3 + Agnes had woken up one morning with the horrible realization that she'd been saddled with a lovely personality. It was the lack of choice that rankled. No one had asked her, before she was born, whether she wanted a lovely personality or whether she'd prefer, say, a miserable personality but a body that could take size 9 in dresses. Instead, people would take pains to tell her that beauty was only skin-deep, as if a man ever fell for an attractive pair of kidneys. + + [Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett] +%e passage +%passage 4 + 'And what can I get you, officers?' she said. + 'Officers? Us? What makes you think we're watchment?' + 'He's got a helmet on,' Nanny pointed out. + 'Milit'ry chic,' Nobby said. 'It's just a fashion accessory. Actually, we are gentlemen of means and have nothing to do with the City Watch whatsoever.' + 'Well, /gentlemen/, would you like some wine?' + 'Not while we on duty, t'anks', said the troll. + + [Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett] %e passage %e title #