The ex-wife of Chris Huhne has told her retrial she felt "practically suicidal" after he left herand was not thinking straight when she took the speeding points story to the papers.
Here he meets the young Albertine, and from then on the story charts his obsessive love for her, which reaches an unlikely climax on top of a wartime barrage balloon.
He told an old story about trying to locate his ex-wife Robin Givens and finding her in the company of Brad Pitt. ("I was just down-and-out after that one, " he said.) He affectionately introduced his wife, Lakiha.
Three months on, like many of her neighbours, she still wants to discover the man's story - who he was, and what made him attempt such a desperate journey.