i probably just went back to jayne mansfield. but that was the only time i had read boccaccio before, and--and it was how great a storyteller he was, how complex these little stories are and how frankly liberating they are in today's terms because boccaccio had a secret that he let--you--you sense immediately that--that women were interested in sex. you weren't supposed to say this, perhaps, or they weren't supposed to admit it. women initiate many of the intrigues in--in these tales that lead to earthly paradise. and that was a surprise. and some of the young men in the class--in--in different classes--i--i traveled around because i was curious how people would respond--were a little bit huffy about--about boccaccio, found--found--they--i mean, i heard words like 'debauchery' and--and things that you would not expect a 19-year-old to complain of. and i think this -- that -- boccaccio's been in trouble, you know, mo--through most of the 600 years since he--he was--been banned and proscribed and so on and on for adultery--for the-