Then the Ifritah spiralled high into the firmament as was her custom and there met a Djinn on the wing[.]

a heron when seeing a deer attracted by the jack

The underlying problem with transport policy is that there no coherent strategy. Ministers have tended to encourage greater use of motor vehicles through both transport and (particularly) planning policies, while simultaneously warning of the terrible consequences of unfettered growth of road use.

All the servants were on holiday or erranded out of the house.