"Does he not have the support of others?" Peggy has to wonder, because that had been how she and Jarvis had kept Howard in line. Endless, insufferable work just to make sure the man didn't do anything too stupid, but it worked for them. "Someone to tell him when he's making mistakes? When he should ask for help instead of try to solve everything?"

"People who don't care anymore, they don't feel guilt. They make their mistakes," she says, "but then they never reflect on why they did or whom they may have hurt."