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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silverthwaite II, post: 230275, member: 4291&quot;]As the &quot;Elsie&quot; reference is rather arcane (even for me), I will explain. </p><p><br /></p><p>Little Miss Dinsmore was an obnoxiously religious zealot who, among other pious acts, refused to play a pretty tune on the piano for her (apparently godless) father <i>because it was Sunday!</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>By the end of the book, Dinsmore pere has seemingly been converted to the Right Path, and he and little Elsie are heard lovingly quoting scripture to each other.&nbsp; (More or less)</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I always thought that once Elsie was in bed, her father relaxed in the study with a cigar and a good belt of Scotch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hence, my reasoning that there may have been an entire household of religious people who frowned upon any author less distinguished than St. Paul, and therefore, little Johnny had to hide his stash.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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