From Decline and Fall - Mr Evelyn Waugh

"'He was talking very excitedly to me,' said the Vicar ... I confess I could not follow him clearly. He seems deeply interested in (c)hurch matters. Are you quite sure he is right in the head? I have noticed again and again since I have been in the (c)hurch that lay interest in ecclesiastical matters is often a prelude to insanity.'" p72 'the sports'.