"His ideas are different from those of other people," Dr. Lecter says. "And of course, his church is a very good idea, for reasons completely unconnected with Javert's reasons for building it. In connection with that, it turned out that Javert can draw, a natural gift he'd never discovered before. He drew sketches for his church that took your breath away. He can draw anything. He's better at it than I am, and I say that completely without envy."