Sometimes, it seems that even for the very briefest shower of happiness, we are required to pay in torrents with grief, sadness and tears. William's weekend begins with hope and with his spirits soaring to the stars. But the Three Fates had other plans for the thread of his life, and things changed quickly. He was dragged from the quiet solitude of Brittany, back into the wild world, where tyranny, violence and cruelty ruled supreme.