XXI/3 Cinematic as ever in his direction of the action Dante's presentation here of diabolical buffoonery reminded me of broad-bottomed two-reeler farce. At the top of the (singed) film strip Dante and Virgil occupy the first frame in a debased guise; Dante as he appears on the current label of a bottle of olive-oil (Olio Dante, supplied by Alison Meryick-Hughes) and Virgil as he appears on the wrapper of the excellent Virgilio butter (purchased by me in Milan, though made of course in Mantua). The lower two frames show Laurel and Hardy in the same relationship as the poets, making a Stan of Dante and an 011y of Virgil. Teased with great difficulty from the inexhaustible Mallock is a version of Dante's original greeting to Virgil (Or se to quel Virgilio) and the Italian for 'I am Stan'. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.