#captain tilden

[mr-sardelli]

Night Watch - Old Capt. Tilden

Vimes had mixed memories of Captain Tilden. He had been a military man before being given this job as a kind of pension, and that was a bad thing in a senior copper.

Now Tilden was giving him the Long Stare With Associated Paperwork. It was supposed to mean: we know all about you, so why don’t you tell us all about yourself? But he really wasn’t any good at it.

Vimes stared at the skinny face with its triumphantly bristling moustache and the little faded blue eyes...

[pratchettquotes]

"They gave Captain Tilden the push, didn't they--"

"Yes."

"He was a good captain!"

"Yes," said Vimes. No, he thought. He wasn't. He was a decent man and he did his best, that's all. He's well out of it now.

Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

[j-august]

Tilden hesitated. He was a man whose mind was ponderous enough to have momentum; it was quite hard for his thoughts to change direction.

Terry Pratchett, Night Watch.