An elderly Italian man asked the local priest to hear his confession. "Father, during World War II a beautiful woman knocked on my door and asked me to hide her from the Enemy. I hid her in my attic." The priest replied: "That was a wonderful thing you did, my son, and you have no need to confess." "It's worse, Father. she started to repay me with sexual favors." "You were both in great danger, two people together under those circumstances act that way. You are forgiven." "Thank you, Father. That's a great load off my mind. But I have one more question." "And what is that?" "Should I tell her the war is over?" Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. Friedrich Nietzsche