The novel's ultravirtuous and lachrymose hero, Harley, is as excessive in his uncontrollable benevolence as the Gothic protagonist is extreme in his passionate evil.

It could lift a 155mm howitzer, or a van-like “people pod” taking 45 troops and was also capable of being fitted out as a command post or an emergency operating room.

who trussing me as eagle doth his prey

The town flourished with the coming of the railway.