Linda and I were very much preoccupied with sin, and our great hero was Oscar Wilde. “But what did he do?” “I asked Fa once and he roared at me—goodness, it was terrifying. He said: ‘If you mention that sewer’s name again in this house I’ll thrash you, do you hear, damn you?’ So I asked Sadie and she looked awfully vague and said: ‘Oh, duck, I never really quite knew, but whatever it was was worse than murder, fearfully bad. And, darling, don’t talk about him at meals, will you?’” “We must find out.” “Bob says he will, when he goes to Eton.” “Oh, good! Do you think he was worse than Mummy and
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