We all started crying and, for a while, felt miserable.
Fifteen months on, although the symptoms have lessened, Williams said he still gets the occasional moment of panic when "walking down the street" and "for a while felt uncomfortable in a bath".
I enjoyed the perfect fillet steak and a superb wine for less than a tenner and all the while felt like a member of the Buenos Aires aristocracy, as perfectly manicured ladies and immaculately loafered Argentinean men strolled past.
"How about a moment of muffled conversation," he asked, "for the treated and released?" Well, here's a cockeyed salute, then, a moment of dazzled mental genuflection for a comic who, every once in a while, felt like the most alive human being on the planet.
I kept smiling and after a while felt like I wasn't faking my fabulousness; it became real!
Uniforms consisted of khaki shirts and trousers made from material sent from Australia, while felt hats, bandoliers, leather belts, boots, puttees and brass NGVR shoulder badges were also worn.
