The chief of the print-setting dwarfs, Gunilla demonstrates to the protagonist, William de Worde, the benefits of set type over engraving and easily wins him over. He faces a more difficult task winning over representatives of the priesthood and Unseen University, but the price that he can offer for their printing needs proves to be the deciding factor. Gunilla is riled by the Patrician Lord Havelock Vetinari's questions about whether his hut is built on a fault in space-time or permeated by ancient rites, or redolent with the souls of the innocent slain, and has to be taken aside by William, lest he say anything that might get him executed. Gunilla insists that he always speaks his honest mind. He then proceeds to state that while William might consider Vetinari a despot, Gunilla believes that he will not stand in his way earning an honest living.
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