Posted by Mike Field on February 02, 2004 at -1:14:38 from 203.166.84.220 user mikefield.
In Reply to: Re: Riddle of the Sands - Norden posted by andy bolger on January 31, 2004 at 21:53:25:
. . . the power of a certain sensibility, something about the way to be a man and an English gentleman...
Very nicely put, Andy. Exactly right.
Archaic? Yes, I suppose so. But why "objectionable?" It seems to me that the world would be a better place if that sensibility were still considered a desirable behavioural characteristic, and if it were far more common than it seems to be nowadays.