— you're better at doing it than you are at saying it.

The cleaner, going past with the mop, having heard the whole thing.

How long have you worked here?

— nine years. You've been coming two. First time I've heard you talk.

Nine years is longer than my rotation.
He has been a fact in this building since before I chose the hour,
and I found that out at ten past six on a Thursday, badly, by accident.

The Book of the Shadow — Return 58:2