In “Dodger” by Terry Pratchett: Why does Dodger scratch “Kaspar” in the carriage of the embassy before setting everything on fire? There is no character I know with that name and if he just randomly picks a German(?) name, why should it remind anyone of him then?
Yeah, that must be it! I’m listening to the audiobook in German (hence the spelling mistake) and it just didn’t make any sense to me at all. Especially since Mr. Punch is mentioned as the violent puppet, but then on the carriage it’s not “Mr. Punch”, but Kasper. I’m still not quite sure why this should give the embassy a hint that it was Dodger who did that (something like that was said).