That is not a monstrous thing to have done.

A man held his dying son.

That is the correct and human and necessary thing and if he had not done it I would think less of him than I already do.

The monstrous thing is a different thing and it is not in that note.

The monstrous thing is that at 7:44 in the evening on the fourth of March, when a nurse handed him a baby, he had already decided that his wife was not going to be in that room, and there was a lift, and it took under two minutes, and I was awake.

Part Six: Four Hours on a Garage Floor