"You won't get away with this," said Cutwell. He thought for a bit and added, "Well, you will probably get… — Terry Pratchett
"You won't get away with this," said Cutwell. He thought for a bit and added, "Well, you will probably get away with it, but you'll feel bad about it on your deathbed and you'll wish—" He stopped talking.
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"You like it?" he said to Mort, in pretty much the same tone of voice people used when they said to St George, "You killed a what?"
Albert grunted. "Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions?"
(That was a cinematic trick adapted for print. Death wasn't talking to the princess. He was actually in his study, talking to Mort. But it was quite effective, wasn't it? It's probably called a fast dissolve, or a crosscut/zoom. Or something. An industry where the senior technician is called a Best Boy might call it anything.)
