@George,
Quote:In your conceded dreams, I am sure, you must invent and see and
listen to persons who for the while seem quite as real to you
as I do now. As I do, you observe, I say! and what thing is it to
which I so glibly refer as I
I just read Cabell's text again in context and I've changed my mind. When
he says "As I do" he is referring to having said "as I do now" in the previous
sentence. He tells the reader, effect, "you have noticed that I said 'as I do',
but what do I mean by 'I'?" He then goes on to explain how difficult it is to
really isolate one's self from the body, emotions, memories and the like
layered on top of it.