i finally put night watch and thud into boxes and sealed them up. yes, fastidious mummification by brown paper and glossy tape.i am feeling rather sick.
what's worse, they're going by boat.
but i'm going to wheel them off to the post office quickly so there's no mind changing and mad-woman scrabbling and clawing at packages to get them out again.
though - i thought to myself last night - it's just possible that with night watch, thud, and the fifth elephant, i may never need another book again on my desert island.
i guess this is where my intellectual reputation collapses!