"Central London in those days had plenty of grubby shops, which
remained open through a mixture of corruption and discretion. They
served the rather small numbers who at that time were ready to risk
being seen in these quarters. They accordingly charged high prices to
clients who were in no position to complain. Their purpose was to
deprave and corrupt, and nobody doubted it. This was the underbelly of
puritan society, and the tribute that vice paid to virtue.
But it was the underbelly, secret and shady, not the upper surface, and
the frontier between that milieu and normality was well-defined. The
trial ended that distinction and tore down that frontier."
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/02/chatterley-on-trial
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