Twenty years ago I had lunch in London with a senior civil servant. This was at the tail-end of the decadent London lunching era and, after a lot of wine, he asked me what I thought of the minister he worked for. I said I’d interviewed the minister and he seemed a nice bloke. “The man”, said the civil servant, leaning across the table for emphasis, “is an animal!”
20年前我与一名英国高级公务员在伦敦共进午餐。那是在伦敦颓废的午餐时代行将终结的时期，在喝下不少红酒后，他问我对他所效力的那位部长的看法。我说我曾采访过那位部长，他看起来是个不错的家伙。“那个人，”这名公务员从桌子那头探身过来强调说：“是个禽兽！”
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