The unhappy man

A London newspaper published a case of suicide, in which the reasons that moved the unhappy man to lay violent hands upon himself were found in the shape of a letter in his left boot. In this letter he wrote:

"I married a widow who had a grown-up daughter.
My father visited us frequently, fell in love with my stepdaughter, and married her.
Thus my own father became my son-in-law, and my step-daughter, being the wife of my father, became my mother.
After some time my wife presented me with a son,— of course he was my father's brother-in-law and my uncle, for he was the brother of my step-mother.
My father-wife, that is my step-daughter, had also a son,— of course he was my brother, but at the same time he was also my grandson, for he was the son of my daughter. My wife was also my grandmother, being the mother of my mother.
I was the husband of my wife, but at the same time also her grandson, and since the husband of my grandmother is naturally also my grandfather, I am my own grandfather! ... I should like to see the man who could bear all this,"