Jack Pritchard alleged that it was Betjeman who took (Hungarian-born Constructivist László Moholy-Nagy) to a party ‘at the end of which he said to the hostess in his strange pronunciation; “Thank you for your hostilities.” She was a little taken aback, and when Moholy told John Betjeman what had happened, Betjeman said: “oh don’t worry – she is hostile to everyone.”’
From Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus, Fiona MacCarthy (UK) (US)