"Oh, it is quite common for people with particular expertise to be on the board of several companies, my lord."
"Even if the companies are rival?" said Vetinari.
There were smiles from around the table. Most of the financiers settled a little more easily in their chairs. The man was clearly a fool about business matters. What did he know about compound interest, eh? He'd been classically educated. And then they remembered that his education had been at the Assassins' Guild School, and stopped smiling.
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