i didn't want to read it when i did the book because i didn't want gore i vidal polluting my mind. i admired the book then. my sense is from my recollection, i think he probably got burr reasonably well. the questional asked what about the -- the question also asked what about the element of that novel where he suggested that hamilton was implying that burr was sleeping with his daughter, that there was incest. and that's when he said he had an opinion still more despicable, that's what he meant. vidal has been very clear in interviews saying he made that up, he has seen no evidence to support it. i have seen no evidence to support it. i actually think that's a very smart hunch. because nothing would have upset burr more than that implication. but we don't have evidence. yes, sir. >> so you mentioned one of his primary motivations was fame. did he have a particular ideology? >> the question is, did burr have a particular ideology? and that's a great question because that was hamilton's other complaint about burr, was that he didn't actually believe in anything. and that was, his co