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Such a raid must be expected. At the same time,

the Zeppelins are very much dependent on the weather. They are unlikely to come when there is any wind to speak of, or if the breeze is in the wrong direction, or if it is raining, or if the glass is falling. In fine, a Zeppelin is rather like the traditional yacht which lies persistently in harbour because, as the hands of more enterprising yachts say, "if there's enough wind to blow out a match, there's too much for her; and if there's not enough to blow a match out, that won't do for her neither." Still, the traditional yacht does go out on occasion. And the conditions sooner or later will be right for the raid on London.

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