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The tinkly instrument when it all goes quiet and spine-tingling still sounds like the ice-cream van’s just drawn up outside, and I certainly wouldn’t mind a Mivvi – it’s a warm day here in Vienna – but you can’t have everything.
It’s got enough about it for a reasonably smooth qualification, I think. After that – depends what mood Europe’s in. It’s another relationship breakdown in what’s turning into a year of relationship breakdowns, but I suppose at least this time the One Thing He Should Have Done is the relatively minor sin of not turning up. He’s still young, there are a lot of freshly single women around this semifinal and I imagine he should be able to catch one of them on the rebound.
So yeah, qualifying.
