The book thing

The Rules:

1. Grab the book nearest to you of 123 or more pages.

Okay, so I didn't grab the absolutely nearest book to hand, but it was on the shelf next to me!

The Silver Pigs by Lindsay Davis.

2. Open the book to page 123 and find the 3rd sentence.

"Besides, mine were four special bars: stolen pigs to be sold to strangers, stolen pigs that still contained their silver."

3. Post the next 5 sentences.

"Not for Abona! The other cart designated to go south could never carry eight. After much irrelevant argument of the type you get from men who are unused to solving problems at all, let alone standing outside on a dark day in the bitter cold, it was decided to leave my load and smuggle it back to Vebiodunum on the return trip.

I volunteered to stay with the load.

After the rest left, it grew horribly quiet."

4. Tag 5 people.

Huh, I think everyone's been tagged. Unless you happen to read this and not done this before, then you can consider yourself tagged if you want.

Hmmm...I never realised that Lindsay Davis was so keen on long-winded sentences...