It may be taken for granted that John Cheever kept an eye on this
fellow. He was treated as a favored guest, his host accepting his theory
and putting it in practice with him that same night. Toward morning he
was comfortably settled in the library with an interesting book to while
away an hour when his entertainer made the rounds to look after the
fires. Returning to the library, the fireman found the theorist sound
asleep in Dr. Ripley's big armchair. Giving the man a vigorous shake,
John Cheever politely requested him not to snore quite so loud as he was
disturbing the family. After that there was nothing for the sleepless
person to do but wait for Gerrish to take him away.
Bonico and I trapped another fakir soon afterward though by accident
rather than design. This specimen was a genius inspired by the belief
that cooking is the source of all the ills that flesh is heir to. He
lectured us on the folly of eating boiled and roasted and toasted food,
declaring that we must subsist on nature's products as she gives them to
us, just as other animals do.
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