“They both felt that life was conducted, that people were judged, that things were done, opinions accepted, books read according to certain rigid and inflexible standards and codes. When some one mentioned a certain new musical comedy which had just been produced, and had achieved an instantaneous success, Lady Hengrave said with solemn decision, ‘Edward couldn’t get places, but we will go directly we get to London.’ Wright felt, and C. felt that he was feeling, that to see this particular play was looked upn as a kind of sacred duty, like going to church on Sunday, which it would be a gross breach of decorum not to fulfil.”
Maurice Baring, C