[In another world at another time, Crane would have added more to the conversation. He might have asked doesn't everyone or perhaps said nothing at all. But he is outside the space where he is most comfortable: his asylum where his influence permeates every office and cell. A place where his belief in disciline keeps every corridor in order, dictates treatment and routine.
But now he is imagining where he works for others. In court, where he needs to impress with knowledge and appearance, using his knowledge to divide and persuade. Getting all the respect he deserves while suppressing the urge to return to his real work.
He knows that aspect of his behaviour is why he guides his guest inside the hall and to his office on the upper floor: a warm and scholarly space with shelves burgeoning with journals and classic literature. Brave New World, Ulysses and 1984 sitting next to psychiatric journals and the DSM. He closes the door, takes a seat in his armchair by the window and leaves James the freedom - or so it seems - to look around. He might even notice the famous painting hung over the fireplace.]
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[In another world at another time, Crane would have added more to the conversation. He might have asked doesn't everyone or perhaps said nothing at all. But he is outside the space where he is most comfortable: his asylum where his influence permeates every office and cell. A place where his belief in disciline keeps every corridor in order, dictates treatment and routine.
But now he is imagining where he works for others. In court, where he needs to impress with knowledge and appearance, using his knowledge to divide and persuade. Getting all the respect he deserves while suppressing the urge to return to his real work.
He knows that aspect of his behaviour is why he guides his guest inside the hall and to his office on the upper floor: a warm and scholarly space with shelves burgeoning with journals and classic literature. Brave New World, Ulysses and 1984 sitting next to psychiatric journals and the DSM. He closes the door, takes a seat in his armchair by the window and leaves James the freedom - or so it seems - to look around. He might even notice the famous painting hung over the fireplace.]