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|Value 210 = 210 - [[Add Train Luxuries|Recommending More Luxurious Fittings for Each Train]] | |Value 210 = 210 - [[Add Train Luxuries|Recommending More Luxurious Fittings for Each Train]] | ||
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|Value 230 = 230 - [[Recommend giving the workers a share of the company|Recommending Worker Co-ownership]] | |Value 230 = 230 - [[Recommend giving the workers a share of the company|Recommending Worker Co-ownership]] | ||
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|Value 130 = "Now this is a more appropriate expression of London's presence in the distant Neath," says the Functionary, scrutinising the plans for the lion and unicorn escutcheon, and permitting himself the approximation of a smile. | |Value 130 = "Now this is a more appropriate expression of London's presence in the distant Neath," says the Functionary, scrutinising the plans for the lion and unicorn escutcheon, and permitting himself the approximation of a smile. | ||
|Value 140 = "A very disciplined and efficient design," says the Wry Functionary. "My compliments to the architect. It lacks grandeur, perhaps, but..." | |Value 140 = "A very disciplined and efficient design," says the Wry Functionary. "My compliments to the architect. It lacks grandeur, perhaps, but..." | ||
| − | |Value 150 = "A somewhat populist notion [ | + | |Value 150 = "A somewhat populist notion [...] It should appeal to the nostalgic, the elderly, and those who have only imagined the Surface but hold it in high regard. But there are worse things than attracting that audience to the purchase of expedition tickets." |
|Value 160 = The Wry Functionary tilts his head this way and that, staring at the proposed station plans. "Somewhat spartan," he finally opines. "But fitting for its environs." | |Value 160 = The Wry Functionary tilts his head this way and that, staring at the proposed station plans. "Somewhat spartan," he finally opines. "But fitting for its environs." | ||
|Value 170 = "A very proper, fitting, and suitable outcome," declares the Wry Functionary, inspecting the plans with evident satisfaction. That is to say, the line ends where it must, neither sooner nor later. | |Value 170 = "A very proper, fitting, and suitable outcome," declares the Wry Functionary, inspecting the plans with evident satisfaction. That is to say, the line ends where it must, neither sooner nor later. | ||
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|Value 205 = "Anything of an ''illegal'' nature, of course, we wouldn't want to encourage," says the Wry Functionary, tapping his upper lip […] "But even legitimate organisations now and then have reasons to transport things without drawing undue attention to them." | |Value 205 = "Anything of an ''illegal'' nature, of course, we wouldn't want to encourage," says the Wry Functionary, tapping his upper lip […] "But even legitimate organisations now and then have reasons to transport things without drawing undue attention to them." | ||
|Value 210 = "These are costly upgrades, but they will pay for themselves […] The Wry Functionary caps his argument with an anecdote about being seated next to a Baron at the opera. […] would certainly not have taken place if the opera offered only wooden seats […] | |Value 210 = "These are costly upgrades, but they will pay for themselves […] The Wry Functionary caps his argument with an anecdote about being seated next to a Baron at the opera. […] would certainly not have taken place if the opera offered only wooden seats […] | ||
| − | |Value | + | |Value 230 = "I suppose we have no good alternative," says the Functionary morosely. |
|Value 240 = "It is unfortunate.[…] But there is an order to things, and we take a serious risk with the fabric of society when we ignore it. Some of us are old enough to remember, a little, the chaos just after the Fall. One cannot resume such a situation as that!" | |Value 240 = "It is unfortunate.[…] But there is an order to things, and we take a serious risk with the fabric of society when we ignore it. Some of us are old enough to remember, a little, the chaos just after the Fall. One cannot resume such a situation as that!" | ||
|Value 250 = "I suppose it is not so much money, after all," says the Functionary, obviously straining himself to see your side of the matter. | |Value 250 = "I suppose it is not so much money, after all," says the Functionary, obviously straining himself to see your side of the matter. | ||
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|Value 185 - 187 = "Much too far from London," pronounces the Wry Functionary. He is willing to admit that someone might, for some reason, wish to visit that district – why else have a railway, after all? But living there? That is certainly beyond contemplation. | |Value 185 - 187 = "Much too far from London," pronounces the Wry Functionary. He is willing to admit that someone might, for some reason, wish to visit that district – why else have a railway, after all? But living there? That is certainly beyond contemplation. | ||
|Value 205 = "I have doubts about whether there is any legitimate purpose behind this proposal," says the Wry Functionary. "To me, it looks like the groundwork for a smuggling operation." | |Value 205 = "I have doubts about whether there is any legitimate purpose behind this proposal," says the Wry Functionary. "To me, it looks like the groundwork for a smuggling operation." | ||
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|Value 230 = "That would be a highly unorthodox arrangement. No other business in London extends itself so far for its workers. And we would not want to be responsible […] by establishing the example that workers should revolt against all their employers […] | |Value 230 = "That would be a highly unorthodox arrangement. No other business in London extends itself so far for its workers. And we would not want to be responsible […] by establishing the example that workers should revolt against all their employers […] | ||
|Value 270, 280 = The Wry Functionary raises doubts about the costs and difficulties of the project. You have the sense that the anomalous block displeases him on aesthetic grounds. | |Value 270, 280 = The Wry Functionary raises doubts about the costs and difficulties of the project. You have the sense that the anomalous block displeases him on aesthetic grounds. | ||
