In Hemingway's fiction everyone who matters author, protagonist, reader is politely assumed to be a member, or at least a tributary, of the club.
It's politely assumed, and then ignored, that middle class celebrities dabble in a bit of blow on super-yachts in St Tropez, or in private members clubs in Soho.
Even Victoria's own daughters began to refer to Brown as "Mama's lover" – though the Earl of Derby, who recorded this, politely assumed they were joking.
When her competitors saw her, Zac Holtzman said, they politely excused themselves, assuming she would automatically get the gig.
Karzai, who can say discordant things, seemed politely happy with this, perhaps assuming that the easiest way to fulfill our self-imposed obligation was with money.
Atuona, a poised 31-year-old, politely underscores the futility of assuming a writer must have experienced personally whatever it is they are writing about.
The pair proceeded to massacre the Righteous Brothers' You've Lost That Loving Feeling, though John Legend politely pretended (one can only assume) to like it.
The equaliser livened the place up and it is fair to assume that what Pardew politely called a "pep talk" had the same effect on his players.
But you might assume that a deal — less politely the fix — is done.
But until it is clarified, we can assume the right to swim in public places – politely, gently, responsibly – unless someone proves otherwise.
