Thank you! The call there was between Chandler and Hammett, and I appreciate your perspective, because other readers might disagree with me with for valid reasons.

I'm also grateful for your comments on the non-U characters in the Wimsey books. Something similar happens in the Deep South, where I live. It's embarrassing to read how some people think we all speak when there are big differences even between rural and urban Alabamians in the same county.

I've got to read Perry Mason someday. Any thoughts on where I should start?