" Which is why I started writing this, I suppose - that and the money Dexitheus offered me, of course, and the prospect of something to do over the winter. Dear God, I really am starting to ramble now, aren’t I? I’d better get on with the story, before I completely lose touch with reality. "

― Tom Holt , The Walled Orchard (The Walled Orchard #1-2)