[…] an oval apartment, 60 feet by 40, surrounded by scaliola columns, imitative of Sicilian jasper.

The relative popularity of the Kyle of Lochalsh service is unsurprising, given how the famous route jostles with the West Highland Line for the title of Scotland's (and indeed the world's) most scenic rail journey.

You're a Gray-Area Misfigurer when you misfigure accidentally on purpose. Say your 100 shares of a $20 stock go up to $22, so you claim bragging rights to 10% profits. However, when you figure in commission, your shares really cost more like $2,050.

A blonde appeared from the officers' room, wearing a scant of material that passed for issued undergarments.