She had a tall bearing and a tall voice and a tall manner, and was tall in every respect except height. Amazingly, she'd apparently been able to keep this a secret from people.

“For example, the dwarfs found out how to turn lead into gold by doing it the ha…”

“Vimes struggled to his feet, shook his head and set off after it. No thought wa…”

“...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what…”

“This looks like a job for inadvisably applied magic if ever I saw one.”