I agree, by wearing an arbitrarily fixed costume when I dine with him, to brand myself with the stamp of a certain class of society, so that his guests shall receive me without question, and he in return gives me a well-ordered dinner served with the minimum amount of inconvenience to myself that his circumstances allow.

Many folks make what they are pleased to call unconventionality a mere cloak for selfish disregard of the feelings and tastes of others.

Bohemianism too often means piggish sloth or slatternly ineptitude.
Convention is solely a matter of manners.

That is why I desire to instil some convention into what, for want of a more accurate term, I may allude to as Carlotta's mind.

It will save me much trouble in the future.
I summoned Carlotta.
"Carlotta," I said, "I am going to take you to Hyde Park and show you the English aristocracy wearing their best clothes and their best behaviour.