We watched the French election returns come in from our apartment here in Nice. The Macron people had seemed over confident which frightened us. We distrusted the polls after what happened in the US elections. We were both very worried. Finally the numbers began to appear on the screen. I was pleased. Peggy was ebullient. She took the result as proof, she said, that: "My country is not as daft as your country." In his victory speech Macron was very sober. Every word he spoke was intelligent. We have to take care of the poor, he said. We have to fight global warming, fight racism of all kinds. There would be no talk of leaving NATO. We are part of Europe and must stay together for that way we are strong. We must fight terrorism and we must calm our fears. He used the word apaiser, which is a richer, heavier, more active--and more accurate--word than "calm." He is a brilliant speaker. French, as spoken by him, is a brilliant and elegant language. He is only 39 but he made me think of De Gaulle's speeches during the time we lived in Paris and I worked for the Times. When he had finished we had dinner on our balcony overlooking the gardens together with two of our granddaughter who are here visiting, and we toasted victory by raising our glasses of a very nice, and not a bit renowned, Bordeaux. Macron, like Bordeaux wine, may turn out to be something special. Vive la France.
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