The only concession was that we were given one year’s grace in which to readjust. This was particularly important, as Tim had been entered for King’s College School, directly across the road, and it would have been the height of irony if we had been forced to move just as he was changing to a school less than five minutes from our front door.
— Travelling to Infinity (Jane Hawking), Loc. 6961–3
The height of irony.