During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast.

The play's promotional art features Cumberbatch-as-Sherlock (wearing the character's purple shirt of sex, as fans have called it) in front of a red-and-white heart-shaped bull's eye-style target.

"She told she court Mr Jane later told her in emails there was no hope of a reconciliation but she thought the rift was “very patchable … just one of Bob’s hissy fits”.

There is his view discussed earlier, for instance, that the actional realm is inimical to human purpose.