Crystal smiled weakly at her stepfather's joke and settled down to have a miserable evening.
"One of the most miserable evenings I have ever spent," said Tuppence.
Forest's noisy support were at least spared further pain on a bitterly cold and miserable evening.
For the first time in that miserable evening he was weeping.
The goal brought a broad smile to the face of Boyle, who had a miserable evening when the teams played Game 1.
Finally he gave up, trying to accept it as an interesting interval in what would otherwise have been a miserable evening.
But thank you very much for saving me from a miserable evening.
In her knowledge of him, up to that miserable evening, he constantly spoke to her with a smile.
"Anything to liven up a miserable evening in Leeds," he said.
Hardly the warm welcome I'd expect on a miserable evening like this.