under orders

[cymry]

"What do you want?"
"Nothing, sir," said Corporal Colon.
"Then you can push off!"
"Can't do that, sir. I'm under orders."
(...)
"Orders to do what, mister," said one of them, looming over Colon.
There was a sigh and a soft thud behind him.
"Be a decoy?" quavered Colon.
- "Night Watch," Terry Pratchett

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[bigdoggie.livejournal.com]

AH! pleased with the pratchett reference I am, do carry on...