344. I was once given to perceive what the heat of the conjugial love of polygamists is like. I spoke with one who acted as a substitute for Muhammad. (Muhammad himself never appears, but a surrogate is substituted in his stead, in order that newcomers from the world may think they are seeing him.) This surrogate - after I had spoken with him awhile from a distance - sent over to me an ivory spoon and other tokens to indicate that they were from Muhammad. And at the same time, then, a way of communicating itself was opened for the heat of the conjugial love they had there. I perceived it as being like the fetid warmth of a bathhouse, on sensing which I turned away and the channel of communication was closed.