I wanted to be angry at him and his colleague, who was now shredding my girlfriend's Marlboros one pack at a time, but I felt a grudging respect for his integrity.
The key now is to restore confidence in their debt market to prevent contagion spreading from the small peripheral countries to the core euro zone economies.
After breakfast my hostess informed me that the lady for whose delectation I had been invited to sing was ill in bed, and that I would have to serenade her from her bed-room door.
What could have been considered the beginning of a descent is now a potential turning point—the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of.