20. Tough love was often the best cure for the glass delusion – even if it meant setting fire to a royal patient’s private rooms
The exasperated court physician ordered the royal’s guards to set the straw on fire. He then locked the doors to the private quarters. He risked being charged with treason – or even murder should his patient die in the blaze. In the end, the panicked royal, desperate to be saved from the flames, banged on the door, begging to be let out. The clever doctor then asked the royal why, if he was indeed, made of glass, his hand had not simply shattered with all the violent banging.