Offering a preview of his energy speech, Mr. Romney said that he did not think the president "likes energy terribly much, or at least some of the energy".
When he leaves, two daughters come out of hiding, bringing with them two sons, who "were like Simeon to look at, terribly like Simeon, and although they were kids their faces looked old, especially about the eyes, like Simeon".
They were, also, like Hamilton, terribly familiar with the loss of parents and terrible family upheavals.
On the other, it also seems like a terribly old-fashioned, unsentimental approach to parenting.
That doesn't seem like a terribly controversial conclusion — but I'm not so sure it's true.
"I know what you all think, that I don't look like a terribly strong person," Jane says defiantly.
It sounded, even at the time, like a terribly presumptuous statement.
Facing that kind of strategic risk, a little bit of political risk may not look like anything terribly threatening.
But role reversal doesn't seem like a terribly inviting prospect, even for those who prefer it to traditional gender roles.
That may sound like a terribly limited conception, but is it so far from the way politics is conducted in democratic countries?
Rather inconvenient, especially for higher-level characters, it's a trade-off that won't feel like a terribly good deal.
