One looks at a handsome young stage actor like Stephen Campbell Moore, who, as the hero, Adam Fenwick-Symes, has penetrating eyes, and one thinks, Why is this fine-looking young man behaving in such a feckless and stupid way?

NEWYORKER: Bright Young Things

And Milena, stupid, proud Milena, who had always thought that it was beneath her to fight for a man, what did she have?

NEWYORKER: Luda and Milena