I agree with all of the above. I love RMF for its complexity. I love the way people are seen from all angles. Reading this as a child I was horrified by Edwin hitting Peter with the whip; rereading it as an adult I can see that I would want to horsewhip anyone who had just endangered my children and nearly killed one under a train by walking down the forbidden railway line. Of course nowadays no-one would dream of taking for granted that teenagers would freely babysit younger children all day, everyday.