" Should I pity so and so?" I asked. I gave his name but he delights so in giving it himself that I feel there is no need to give it for him. "No. He's vicious. He's a corrupter and he's truly vicious." "But he's supposed to be a good writer." "He's not," she said. "He's just a showman and he corrupts for the pleasure of corruption and he leads people into other vicious practices as well. "