There were five of us -- Carruthers and the new recruit and myself, and Mr. Spivens and the verger. It was late afternoon on November the fifteenth, and we were in what was left of Coventry Cathedral, looking for the bishop's bird stump.
From To Say Nothing of the Dog: or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last by Connie Willis
If you've never read Connie Willis do yourself a favor and start here. Time travel, Victorian England, Coventry Cathedral, and a wild and witty take off on Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat.
The start of something new. . .
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May 17, 2023
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