Of course, this was supposedly in the national character; it was proverbial that the Englishman displayed emotion only when faced by some truly earth-shaking crisis, like a cricket match, or the ill-treatment of an animal, or a rise in the price of beer; for such trivia as
death, destruction and national catastrophe he was supposed to reserve an indifference that bordered on insanity.
Mr American,
pp.510-11,
Pan Books, paperback edition 1982.
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