My Dutch uncle—the Jesuit⁠— he told me I ought to read Oscar Wilde on account of he was incarcerated. And it occurred to me: No, those were different circumstances. Not to mention the fact Oscar evoked in vivid colors what appears to me only in shades of gray. But you can’t argue with a Jesuit. […]

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