The collapse last month of Gowex, an internet firm that engaged in massive accounting fraud, has increased the gloom.
And there are oddities of structure, like the Hemingway boxing number, presumably included to lighten the increasing gloom, and the sudden emergence of the couple's daughter, Scottie Mandy Brunoo), as the primary narrator in the second act.
With the floodlights on in the increasing gloom, New Zealand's task became more difficult when Guptill sliced Clint McKay to point in the fourth over and Ronchi - who played two ODIs for Australia in 2008 but who now has only 45 runs in five innings for the Kiwis - steered the same bowler to gully.
'We are interested in UK radio, but as things stand there would be companies in Europe which would be more interesting to our shareholders.' The City agrees that the continuing gloom has increased the pressure on the group.
Amid the increasing gloom, there was one slightly comic element.
The gloom increased after the close of trading when the credit ratings agency Fitch said it had placed a negative outlook on the the United States' AAA rating.
The gloom was increased by signs that the American economic recovery is slowing amid continued uncertainty over the Greek debt crisis.
A bright light in the gloom: Entrepreneurship increases in recessions, and students need an alternative to the hundreds of CV's being sent out to employers over the next few months.
They also think that an unequal division of wealth, which Conservative politicians tend to regard as no bad thing, correlates with increased gloom.
Many credit market analysts say the gloom in the bond markets, prompted by an unexpectedly large increase in long-term interest rates, is not likely to evaporate quickly.
