There's a house on the Sussex Downs.
Two madmen live there.
Bees also live there, but the really important point is the madmen.
They were not always mad, not any more than any member of the human race is mad.
They must be mad now, because they are in love.
This is, of course, impossible, says the sane man.
The madmen, however, would point you to the tale of David and Jonathan, and to Greek history, and, if they were feeling mischievous, to Teleny.
They are mad, and they are lovers, and they are happy.
They are quite happy indeed.