"I had... an immense desire to know what kind of moral character belonged to the man who had fathered such criminal eccentricity. I wagered myself that he must be fundamentally evil. I had enquiries made, and my instincts were gratified by winning this psychological bet. I learned that the monster arose regularly before dawn; that he had brought his char-woman to ruin; and that he drank only milk!"

Charles Baudelaire, Artificial Paradise