The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven… — Evelyn Waugh

So the two of them went to London by the early morning train. 'Let's surprise her,' said Nigel, but Cedric telephoned first, wryly remembering the story of the pedantic adulterer - 'My dear, it is I who am surprised; you are astounded.'

It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.