'Memorial services have swum into fashion. I don't know why because most of those remembered (with some notable exceptions) did not go into church after they grew up, except possibly for their first wedding. The reason may be that, as death is against the rules now, the sight of a real coffin at a real funeral is too much for the sensitive.'
Deborah Devonshire, 'Memorial Services' in Home to Roost and other peckings, p.133.
