C., the citizens of Athens, having suffered grievously under a tyrant, managed to depose and banish him."Luke""s eating habits are distinctively non-conformist - he takes a bite and leaves the spoon sticking out of his mouth.Mrs.Vale: Go to your cabin.(Charlotte, in voice-over) I had said I was glad, and I was glad.He had defied my mother and placed me on a throne - and before a witness too.It was the proudest moment of my life.My moment didn""t last long, as you can see.My mother didn""t think hat Leslie was suitable for a Vale of Boston.The film returns to the present, as the pages of the book flip forward.Charlotte (with her back to the camera) wrings her hands in front of a window where rain strikes the panes, speaking of her entire aborted life:What man is suitable, doctor? She""s never found one.Like that mastodon there."[Note: Adam""s philosophy of coldness to preserve hings ("You can keep anything good, as long as you can get it cold enough") was also his viewpoint on parenting and his approach to dealing with Cal.