Are these terrible figures greeted by hysterical why-oh-why? letters to the Times demanding a huge shift in resources from road-building to rail-modernisation?

Not a single cloud mars the flawless azure; / Not a shadow moves o'er the moveless crops; […]

Akeley, Noyes hastened to inform me, was glad and ready to see me; although his sudden attack of asthma would prevent him from being a very competent host for a day or two. These spells hit him hard when they came, and were always accompanied by a debilitating fever and general weakness.

Oh, and in the light of the current mumsnut discussion... I block all transphobes. Just sayin'.