articulating London

Sometimes, others articulate sentiments so perfectly that it isn't worth trying to find another expression. From V.S. Naipaul's Half a Life:

But the Ritz again! How it seemed to matter to them. And to Willie - for whom at home a hotel was the cheapest kind of cheap tea-shop or eating place - it was a strange London idea of luxury: not the drink, not the treat, but the grand hotel, as though the extra price added an extra blessing.