Richard's new father-in-law is truly mad, so much so that he knows himself only rarely. Sometimes Richard envies his condition.

These two sentences say everything about how much pain Richard is in. I want to hug him and tell him that everything will be all right...and it won't. And I wish that I could give him his Anne and his Robbie, because he loves them both so much, and what's a life without love?

Also, I want to smack Henry for not going to Richard's funeral. I'm sure that, being Henry, there were good and sufficient reasons for that--mostly political--but I still want to box his ears for not going.