"...the discovery, that at no time did this man (Hitler) pose or intend a real threat to Britain or the Empire."

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By the time I had finished my coffee and returned to the streets, the rain had temporarily abated, but the streets were full of vast puddles where the drains where unable to cope with the volume of water. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you would think that if one nation ought by now to have mastered the science of drainage, Britain would be it.

— Bill Bryson