he says, "by an easily followed step of thought, the host's personality gave place to henry d. thoreau's." my pleasant reflection on the hermit life of walden pond among nature's ardent lovers were rudely interrupted bite host's voice uttering with a laugh, the following sentiment, well, "if i have to send souls to hell i'm going to send lots of them. and the fiends laughed, too." so what do you think is going on there? >> it sound like he's having a nice pleasant revelry or whatever and then the host talks and just ruins it all for him. and of course, everybody else, the fiends all the rest of the patrons just laugh along because they have no idea what's going on, either. >> i think it could almost be that the host knows it's a bad thing but he's quite okay with making money off of it so he figures why not. and i think that that's why he's kind of jarred suddenly out of this reverie is because he realizes this is a vice, something that's sinful. >> anybody else? do you have more questions? >> we touched upon this a little bit. but in regards to williams trying opium, do you think he's b