 a votary of the esoteric Eton religion , the kind of graceful , tolerant , sleepy boy who is showered with favours and crowned with all the laurels , who is liked by the masters and admired by the boys without any apparent exertion on his part , without experiencing the ill @-@ effects of success himself or arousing the pangs of envy in others . In the 18th century he would have become Prime Minister before he was 30 . As it was , he appeared honourably ineligible for the struggle of life . 
