Though a later Bemelmans book, "Madeline and the BadHat, " suggests the girls live next door to the Spanish ambassador in the eighth arrondissement, none of the buildings near there suited.
But to ordinary Americans who understand his self-interested diatribe is nothing more than a ruse to further unshackle banks from prudent regulation he is the bad guy in the black hat.
If the chance comes - Ryan's got a niggle, but I don't think it's too bad - I've just got to put in a decent performance and have my name in the hat for the games to come.