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Correspondence from Wilfred Talbot Smith to Aleister Crowley
17 Dec 35
. . . Jane [Jane Wolfe] and I made a second effort to find out why Max [Max Schneider] has not been around. He was most uncivil. . . . Frankly, I think he is a little off his head. He said Virginia was in the lunatic asylum. We were not surprised, yet he seems to have taken her seriously—risky thing to do with any woman, let alone a demented one.
To top it off, he appears to blame us or me. Now I had but the briefest conversation with her, which anyone could have sat in on. It seems to have all happened since he caught her with a young Jewish fellow, Paul Vogel. But if I am any judge, the crux of the whole matter is his colossal self-conceit. . . . Enough of this, which seems so childish and nearly turns my stomach every time I think of it.
Good news however, Regina [Regina Kahl] has started at long last on her job. Next month if you need it, I will be able to send you something; if not we will hold on to it here. Let me know. . . .
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