> My take is that esme's healing prowess for X is based on deep, silent > commuinication made possible by unspoken love and the experience of direct > linkage...will Yes, you could almost say the same for Seymour and Sybil, too. Maybe the character of Mr Antolini was intended to be emblematic of the incorrect interpretation by Holden of this `silent linkage' - maybe it is implied that not listening to Mr Antolini's `inner child' is what really makes Holden phony. Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 @ THE INVERTED FOREST http://www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest