It appeared that an elite band of armed, hired terrorist mercenaries, led by former U.S.Army Special Forces Colonel Stuart, were converging on the airport and awaiting Esperanza""s arrival.McClane was also awaiting the arrival of his wife""s inbound plane from Los Angeles, about a half hour late in landing.Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow.Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and heir Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave.Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.It produced many memorable films, includingThe Vikings (1958),Spartacus (1960),Lonely Are the Brave (1962), andSeven Days in May (1964).I should like to think that an irate Jehovah was pointing those arrows of lightning directly at my head, the unbowed head of George Gordon Lord Byron, England""s greatest sinner.I don""t believe in miracles.How could you possibly understand hat your childhood had to be sacrificed for something greater? And not just for me.