3.It was an insurrection against the " good and just, " against the " prophets of Israel, " against the whole hierarchy of society— not against corruption, but against caste, privilege, order, formalism.
4.There was a strong scent of pine and mimosa in the air and the freshly watered gardens of the Casino opposite, interspersed with neat gravel parterres and paths, lent the scene a pretty formalism more appropriate to ballet than to melodrama.