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ItwasnearingmidnightandthePrimeMinisterwassittingaloneinhisoffice,readingalongmemothatwasslippingthroughhisbrainwithoutleavingtheslightesttraceofmeaningbehind.HewaswaitingforacallfromthePresidentofafardistantcountry,andbetwee
2、nwonderingwhenthewretchedmanwouldtelephone,andtryingtosuppressunpleasantmemoriesofwhathadbeenaverylong,tiring,anddifficultweek,therewasnotmuchspaceinhisheadforanythingelse.Themoreheattemptedtofocusontheprintonthepagebeforehim,themoreclearlythePrimeMinistercouldseethegloatingfaceofoneof
3、hispoliticalopponents.Thisparticularopponenthadappearedonthenewsthatveryday,notonlytoenumeratealltheterriblethingsthathadhappenedinthelastweek(asthoughanyoneneededreminding)butalsotoexplainwhyeachandeveryoneofthemwasthegovernment'sfault.ThePrimeMinister'spulsequickenedattheverythoughto
4、ftheseaccusations,fortheywereneitherfairnortrue.Howonearthwashisgovernmentsupposedtohavestoppedthatbridgecollapsing?Itwasoutrageousforanybodytosuggestthattheywerenotspendingenoughonbridges.Thebridgewasfewerthantenyearsold,andthebestexpertswereatalosstoexplainwhyithadsnappedcleanlyintwo
5、,sendingadozencarsintothewaterydepthsoftheriverbelow.Andhowdareanyonesuggestthatitwaslackofpolicementhathadresultedinthosetwoverynastyandwell-publicizedmurders?OrthatthegovernmentshouldhavesomehowforeseenthefreakhurricaneintheWestCountrythathadcausedsomuchdamagetobothpeopleandproperty?
6、AndwasithisfaultthatoneofhisJuniorMinisters,HerbertChorley,hadchosenthisweektoactsopeculiarlythathewasnowgoingtobespendingalotmoretimewithhisfamily?"Agrimmoodhasgrippedthecountry,"theopponenthadconcluded,barelyconcealinghisownbroadgrin.Andunfortunately,thiswasperfectlytrue.ThePrimeMini
7、sterfeltithimself;peoplereallydidseemmoremiserablethanusual.Eventheweatherwasdismal;allthischillymistinthemiddleofJuly...Itwasn'tright,itwasn'tnormal...Heturnedoverthesecondpageofthememo,sawhowmuchlongeritwenton,andgaveitupasabadjob.Stretchinghisarmsabovehisheadhelookedaroundhisoffic