Quote from : The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist Book

But -- my dear, my heart is BROKEN! I have seen the perfect Peter Wimsey. Height, voice, charm, smile, manner, outline of features, -- and he is -- THE CHAPLAIN OF BALLIOL!! is the use of anything? ... I am absolutely by this Balliol business. Such waste -- why couldn't he have been an actor?