For the second chapter the plot allowed a choice of six crimes as reasons for banishment: Conflict over the choice of a profession—the son wants to be a tap-dancer. Gambling and debts—he has been banned from Monte Carlo. Dud cheques—‘I won’t press a charge, sir, but see that the young rascal is kept out of harm’s way.’ Marriage with a girl from the wrong walk of life—‘Young man, you have made your bed!’ Fathering an illegitimate child: ‘…and broken your mother’s heart’. Homosexuality, if discovered: too grave for even a lecture—it was a criminal offence.