it is ‘not
done’ to
be
inhospitable
to
strangers,
to dispute
acrimoniously,
or to
strive for
priority
amongst
one
another.
The idea
of
enjoying
what your
English
headmasters
call the
mimic
warfare of
the
playing-field
would seem
to them
entirely
barbarous
– indeed,
a sheerly
wanton
stimulation
of all the
lower
instincts.”
Conway
asked if
there were
never
disputes
about
women.
“Only very
rarely,
because it
would not
be
considered
good
