Vanquisher

Make me vanquisher of all the nations; build me a chariot bearing me in triumph all the way to Thebes: I will consider myself a mere man, when I am all around hailed as a god.

HSTs continued to provide sterling service during these years, so much so that when Virgin and Midland Mainline brought their new wave of high-speed diesel electric multiple units [...] on stream, many preferred the ride and comfort of the vanquished to the ride and comfort of the vanquisher.