Davies meticulously establishes the background, the breeding in the bone, of his hero's life.

Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.

They went all expenses paid to Atlanta for a week courtesy of the association.

Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.