And Women Will Just Close Their Eyes and Think of England*

Tonight I had a wonderful time at the Republican Club on Capitol Hill, enjoying the company of good friends, eating a fine dinner, enjoying lovely wine, smoking excellent cigars, telling jokes and stories, and watching the slowly rising Democratic tide. An homage to Benjamin Guggenheim on the Titanic: "We've dressed up in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen."

*Keeping with the Victorian spirit... Reference