Quite a detailed re-telling here of the English aristocratic sex scandal which gave the inspiration for Brideshead Revisited.
This part shows a somewhat relaxed attitude to what was permissible in staff interviews those days:
Boom — as Beauchamp was known, ostensibly because of his foghorn voice — was said to have “exquisite taste in footmen”. His interviewing style was unique. He would pass his hands over their buttocks, making a similar hissing noise to the one made by stable lads when rubbing their horses down. If the young man was handsome and pleasant, the earl would remark: “He’ll do well. Very nice indeed!”The true life story was much more scandalous than what goes on in Brideshead, though.
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