| He looked so sad. We knew he was going to say something about all the violence and hatred in the world, because he is always saying something about that. Usually he doesn’t seem to really know what he is talking about except in the vaguest sense. But there was no mistaking the agony in those eyes which now have no nose beneath them to set them off; his pain was so palpable that it was almost impossible not to share in it. He said “thank you” as he always does, and then he looked down at what appeared to be a prepared statement, and then he opened his mouth. |