'I ask very little. Some fragments of Pamphylides, a Choctaw blood-mask, the prose of Scaliger the Elder, a painting by Fuseli, an occasional visit to the all-in wrestling, or to my meretrix; a cook who can produce a passable 'poulet a la Khmer,' a Pong vase. Simple tastes, you will agree, and it is my simple habit to indulge them!'
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