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me the best of all things.  "I would like to see you go to the Devil" were his words and instead of being shocked or reproving him I merely smile & I suppose my puritan ancestors would turn in their graves were they to hear our conversations.  Ah there you have it.  The devil, is that what I mean when I crave experiences?  To a certain extent, yes, but not entirely, of that I feel sure.  I am sure that he is a genius and to know such a man & to hear him talk freely & truly about himself that is an experience and one worth having.  I can always keep him where I want him too because 1st he is not realy carried away & 2d because he does [[underlined]]not [/underlined]]affect me.  If he were not to a certain point in sympathy with me, he would not