Let me go! You’re mad,

Or else doting. Off to the hospital with you!

The Old Man.

Oh, that is exactly what I’m in search of.

But, as I told you, my grandson’s offspring

Have become overwhelmingly strong in the land,

And they say that I only exist in books.

The saw says: One’s kin are unkindest of all;

I’ve found to my cost that that saying is true.

It’s cruel to count as mere figment and fable——