ext_37027 ([identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] sovay 2012-06-19 03:58 pm (UTC)

English 'eccentricity' served as a safety valve for those who doubted the general rules of society. More sensitive people at Bletchley were aware of layers of introspection and subtlety of manner that lay beneath the occasional funny story. But perhaps he himself welcomed the chortling over his habits, which created a line of defence for himself, without a loss of integrity.

That's a very astute observation; I find it intuitively correct.

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