The herald cries his summons to the lists, But no sound comes to these sequestered valleys; I only hear the melancholy note Of cowbells and the dreary ranz des vaches.

Even the unholiday drabness of the homespun dress could not dim the expectation with which she set out soon after daybreak.

The point was also made that the size and diversity of GWR's network and the number of services that are not capable of having reservations (Thames Valley, many branch lines, and so on) has meant a mandatory reservation system is not a workable system for them.

And yet, your all’s close questioning goes right to the heart of the discrimination and everything else, and that’s the basis of their operation.