Myra-Breckinridge-Gore-Vidal

you go, that you looked distressed at this moment couldvery easily be a projection on my part, and misreading ofyour mood. To be accurate, I should simply write that whileyou were reading my notes there was a double creasebetween your brows, which is not usual, since..." "It is not aprojection to say that I am distressed. And up to a point wecan, more or less, assume that we know what others arefeeling, at least at the more accessible levels ofconsciousness. At this moment, I am feeling a certaindistress for that young man, a certain male empathy. Afterall, it is a most unpleasant thing to be assaulted anally and Ithink we can both assume that he was not happy, no matterhow mute the skin." "I agree and that's why in my review ofwhat happened, I not only recorded his conversation buttried to give what I believed were his feelings when hespoke. Yet I realize that at best my interpretation is entirelysubjective, and perhaps false. Since I wanted to frightenand humiliate him, I chose to regard his groans and gruntsas symptoms of fright and humiliation." "Which, no doubt,they were. Although we must never rule out the possibilitythat he was enjoying himself." "If that is true, my life's workhas failed." I was very grave. I have never been moreserious. "Or succeeded in ways you do not yet understand.In any case, his girlfriend is living with you, isn't she?" "Yes,she came to me. Of all the people she knows, I am the oneshe turned to. The irony is perfect." So is my delight! "Doesshe know what you've done?" "Of course not." "What willhappen if she finds out?" "I have no intention of telling her.As for Rusty, I don't think either of us needs a degree in