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| 1 - 3, 9 | The Bishop of Saint Fiacre's reviews the map with the eye of an experienced explorer, and raises several questions about the surveying accuracy. Could these be in error? Are you certain enough to commit to this course?
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| 4 | "The grass would be better than the hills, but I wish there were some way that would take less from the workers."
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| 5 | "The hills are very old and very dangerous," says the Bishop.
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| 7 | "That sounds expensive," says the Bishop. "And dangerous. And are you entirely sure that the Station will reward the bother of going there?"
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| 10 - 16, 20 - 24, 26 - 33, 35, 37 | The Bishop says some eloquent words on the value of continuity. A Board, collectively, has a personality and a will. It would be misguided to change its composition too frequently, or the company will be likewise erratic.
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| 17 | The Bishop says some eloquent words on the value of continuity. "She is perhaps not exactly what I would have chosen, but now that she is a member of the board, we have much to gain from retaining her."
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| 19 | "No," says the Bishop of Saint Fiacre. "Reginald has his exasperating moments, to be sure, and he proposed a liturgical adaptation for Whitsun Sundays that verged on the heretical. But he is a true servant of the Church, and we do not have many."
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| 100, 105, 120 - 150 | The Bishop of Saint Fiacre's finds the building distressingly secular. He points out that the station does not set aside any room for a chapel, and that there's nothing about possible frescoes for the ceiling.
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| 115 | Ah," says the Bishop, frowning. "Surely any passengers seeking this sort of thing would be more disposed to ride the Moloch Line?"
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| 160, 170 | The Bishop examines the station plans with a raised eyebrow. "Bit of a dismal place, isn't it," he says. "I suppose the views from the train windows won't improve further West, either."
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| 181 - 187 | "This seems like an entirely unreasonable use of company resources," says Fiacre.
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| 200 | "Perhaps we would do better to ask why our trains so frequently come under attack," begins the Bishop.
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| 205 | The Bishop frowns at the compartments. "What precisely are we bringing into London in such quantities, I wonder?"
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| 210 | "We have other purposes for our money than lavishly appointing our trains," says the Bishop.
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| 220 - 280 | "There are undoubtedly methods of diplomacy that would be less expensive." He doesn't elaborate, however.
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| 300 - 320, 340 | "I would prefer that we not declare our intentions so openly," says the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's. "To take a stand inevitably invites criticism and charges of hypocrisy. Our acts can speak for us more effectively."
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| 400 | The Bishop brings out the account books and reviews a few […] lines. In his view, the company cannot afford to grant dividends at the moment, and any impression to the contrary can only be the result of tragic innumeracy among the voting members.
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| 500 | It is rare for the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's to become so exercised about anything, but the prospect of diverting the train through Parabola offends him almost past speech.
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| 510 | "Even in ordinary circumstances one has doubts about compacts with Devils," says the Bishop. "The contract to rent a living animal will certainly be full of alarming caveats. And then the creature itself! There must be an alternative."
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| 520 - 523, 525 - 529 | "There might be approaches to this matter that would be more congruent with the aims of church and society," says the Bishop slowly.
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| 610 | "I admire the Viscountess. Her lineage is impeccable and her human allies include nobility at the highest levels. Nonetheless, a cat may face certain difficulties. The Lord Mayor's robes, for instance, would need to be resized."
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| 700, 720 | "It isn't a bad idea," says the Bishop […] You have the sense he rather likes the Board being so important that it can weigh in on this matters of Neathy politics. "But I wonder whether another even more suitable candidate might not be found."
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| 710, 800, 850 | "An idiosyncratic choice," says the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's. "And he's no ally to the Church."
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| 905 | "Perhaps if you had picked me," the Bishop says with a frown, "I might have a different view."
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| 931, 933 - 934 | You can't get the Bishop to agree. "Surely we can find a better course of action?"
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| 932 | The Bishop of Saint Fiacre's offers a rather grumpy refusal.
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| 940 | The Bishop of Saint Fiacre is no stranger to Neathy phillanthropy – he asks to see the accounts of those organisations that will benefit, know who their donors are, understand how the trains will be used.
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| 941 | The Bishop of Saint Fiacre frowns. "I'd agree, but... can we truly afford it?"
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| 1000, 1020, 1030 | "We should be cautious in dealings with this power. I don't share the alarmist tendencies of our well-known friend the Commissioner. Nonetheless..." His argument against appears to boil down to "you never know."
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| 1100, 1110 | The Bishop gives you a weary look. "Is this really the best use of our resources you can think of?"
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