Fra en samtale mellom Harry Clifton og Old Jack Tar:
"'Mr Barrington doesn't like me,' said Harry, taking
Old Jack by surprise.
'What makes you say that?'
'He treats me differently from the other boys at St
Bede's. It's as if I'm not good enough to be a friend of
his son.'
'You're going to have to face that problem all your
life, Harry,' said Old Jack. 'The English are the biggest
snobs on earth, and most of the time without reason. The
lesser the talent, the bigger the snob, in my experience.
It's the only way the so-called upper classes can hope too
survive. Be warned, my boy, they don't care for upstarts
like you who barge into their club without an invitation.”
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