"'...Dryad is in sight from the masthead, sir, two points off the starboard bow. At least, we think it is Dryad,' he added, quite ruining the effect...
"That was decisive. No man-of-war would be flying out from the land, cracking on to that perilous degree, unless she were the Dryad." --Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 171
"'...Dryad is in sight from the masthead, sir, two points off the starboard bow. At least, we think it is Dryad,' he added, quite ruining the effect...
"'What is she wearing?'
"'Skyscrapers, sir.'
"That was decisive. No man-of-war would be flying out from the land, cracking on to that perilous degree, unless she were the Dryad."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 171
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
The Chrysler Building is still my favourite skyscraper.