...unquestioning belief in their right to social rule. They were told in the Church catechism to do their duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call them, and they did not expect to move out of the privileged state into which they were born. Beatrice...

...Raverat's aunt took this seriously. To her, "dressing well was a Duty, and not a pleasure: your duty to that state of life to which it had pleased God to call you."3 The state of life God had called you to could fluctuate: a young medical student's wife dressed...