You think he seems arrogant here? Maybe he didn't care that he was being a bit socially deviant! :-) My impression is he was just too excited about "opening up

You think he seems arrogant here? Maybe he didn't care that he was being a bit socially deviant! :-) My impression is he was just too excited about "opening up yet another fragment of the frontier of beauty" to worry about adhering to the social standard! Anyway, thanks dfield for posting, this was a fun read!