[…] his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound;

In a statement late Wednesday, the defence command of Kinmen, a group of Taiwan-controlled islands that sit opposite China's Xiamen and Quanzhou cities, said the incident occurred on Aug. 16 on Erdan islet, and confirmed the soldiers had thrown stones to see off what it called a civilian drone.

The Air Commode (as we christened him) wanted someone to go to Achill with him[…]

I saw it on television.