Karon hadn't come from a Grammar School, nor was he a professional wordsmith. There were two reasons he could frequent the royal court in his youth: first, Karon had inherited his father's watchmaking craft, and second, His Majesty Charles XVI was obsessed with the art of watchmaking.
But he had also inherited his father's fierce abhorrence of evil, a negative quality within the Royal Palace—His Majesty disliked those who exposed the magnificent halls as a den of filth. Fortunately, Karon was meticulous enough not to speak bluntly. Instead, he channeled his youthful indignation and sharp-wittedness into his pen, carving them onto paper, which became one play after another.
