Correct. Hedonism is a convenient disguise to stop people seeing the kind of person you are. You can wear it out in public and throw it off soon as you return home.

[Relaxed? Happy? Carefree? Crane cannot believe one word of it. Everyone has problems; the only difference being their relation to nature and the environment. Soon, one page of notes becomes two, scrawled on the other side of the page. Crane then returns to sitting upright, poised and polite in his manner, his hands folded over in his lap.]

You should try leaving it on the coatrack sometime. You might find it exciting.

[Hanging up his doctor's coat and wearing his mask for a night on the town? Sure, he can admit it is a little thrilling.]