Oh they may have played tennis and croquet - But the point was that instead of having these secular activities as the center of their trivial lives, they lived vital lives that may or may not have included these pursuits… Not at the level of the Scarlet Pimpernel, mind you, but a decent regimen that was not pampering them…
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