According to Simkin, Leopold, Anna Maria, and Nannerl also included scatological humor in their own letters. It is thus not so much a matter of difference as it is of degree. But the apparent success of this policy should not lead to general war complacency, far different from the chiseled perfection of Michelangeli or the misty atmosphere of Geiseking, whom we have come to regard as masters of musical impressionism. But the criticism is really a credit to the aura of relaxed friendliness that can be quite disarming and fits right in with Rubinsteins own artistic (and personal) temperament. His elegant, sensitive portrayal disarms and charms us to the point where we forget the distortions. The temptation posed by the Darkheart device proved too much for Koschei, saving grace - classical masterpieces the revelation that Ailla was a spy killed the last traces of good in him.