'Three stern-faced men, high up above the street, looming.'
'One major moment brought this small boat into view; mired in people and noise...'
.
'Across the shadow of the center, I saw the steeple beckoning.'

'
This was someone's doorway to the anteroom of far fascination; a ribald roastery - a truly strange sinecure.'
'Some days make the mansion itself seem proud.'