Leo, Sadly, Has Parkinsons, But

The Aristocrat, When He Wants To, Has Very Good Manners. The Scottish Upper Classes, In Particular, Have That Shell-shocked Look That Probably Comes From Banging Their Heads On Low Beams Leaping To Their Feet Whenever A Woman Comes Into The Room. Aristocrats Are Also Deeply Male Chauvinist, And ... On The Whole They Tend To Be Reactionary.

People Always Assume That Bachelors Are Single By Choice And Spinsters Because Nobody Asked Them. It Never Enters Their Heads That Poor Bachelors Might Have Worn The Knees Of Their Trousers Out Proposing To Girls Who Rejected Them Or That A Girl Might Deliberately Stay Unmarried.

I Live At Home And, If I Want To Start Work At 11 O'clock, I Can.

The Memo's Chief Function ... Is As A Track-coverer, So That You Can Turn On Someone Six Months Later And Snarl: 'well, You Should Have Known About It, I Sent You A Memo.

The Letter Of Application ... Should Be A Masterpiece Of Fiction, Papering Over All The Cracks. Get It Properly Typed On Decent Writing Paper. Never Let It Run Over The Page, People Get Bored With Reading.