Postscript

"Well Moss," said Sprocket. "You know what happened to the man who got everything he ever wanted?"

The little clockwinder looked at his mismatched boots and shook his head.

"He lived happily ever after."

"But I wasn't supposed to win..."

"Now I really feel like Willy Wonka. I even found a Charlie."



And that is how the story of the New Babbage elections ended.