IF You WERE TO SAY, BACK WHEN MY MOTHER AND FATHER WERE ALIVE, THERE WERE MANY VISITORS AND SERVANTS, AND THIS SUMMER VILLA WAS FUN.
I'D REPLY, "NO WAY."
MY FATHER WAS AN IRRITABLE OLD MAN, AND MY MOTHER WAS YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME, EVEN AS A CHILD, THAT THEIR CONNECTION WAS ONE OF POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY, NOT AFFECTION