[…] the installation of four 14,900 lb st (66.3 kN) BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 turbofans in place of the Speys, the fitting of a new two-man cockpit and a modern tactical operations area, and 'zero lifing' all existing structure and equipment.

The best Pigeon House, of course, is one made expressly for the purpose — about square, with a shelving roof. Here the compartments can be made sufficiently wide and high; say a foot and a half, or even two feet each way. The latter is a comfortable chamber for the pair of cooers.

[…] She comes from the same place I do. / And where is that? / The boy's voice dropped to a whisper. From a country called Wales, part of the isle my master calls Gramarye. And from a time … in the future. / […] That must have required great power. / Yes. Even beneath the soot, I could see his cheeks flush. But it's not a power that belongs to any person. It belongs to the Mirror. That's how I came here. And that's how I'm going to take you back to Gramarye.

That seems to disappoint them, for every sociologist likes to go back to some jerk-water college and tell those who are in the sociological class how they had to get their information by pantomime."