The soldier running in the distance, the graffiti on the crash barrier (something Graham did not see until in the darkroom), the brokenlights, the posters placed high on the lamp posts and the flagstones removed from the kerb.
Her boat was nearing the landing, and she had never had problems on this route in 26 years, so she didn't think anything when the dark was broken by lights from the choppers.
In a school where lights stay broken, walls erode and unsanitary conditions prevail, we tell students that we do not expect great things to happen there.