Before the Games , I was quite hopeful that something would go marvelously wrong in the British tradition . Peter said : Good fortune smiles on this once curmudgeonly country . ` ` I was quite hopeful that something would go marvelously wrong in the British Empire . '' Commentators opined on page after page that Britain had entered a new era , he said .
Peter said : Good fortune smiles on this once curmudgeonly country . ` ` I was quite hopeful that something would go marvelously wrong in the British Empire . '' Commentators opined on page after page that Britain had entered a new era , he said .