Posted by Jock on February 03, 2006 at 01:11:53 from 81.76.103.129 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Ransome Article in Todays Guardian - Holding Our Kids to Ransome posted by Prue Eckett on February 02, 2006 at 22:23:13:
Edwardians weren't known for their propriety - Edward VII was a bit of a rake.
Oh yes they were. Propriety is simply 'conforming to the customs and usages of high society'. See here for a full dictionary definition. Married members of 'high society' could take a lover provided they stuck to the 'rules'. If you didn't you were 'cut'.