Without fail, the punctilio required during each of Ms. Layman’s garden parties was for the attendees to raise their glasses and give a cheer to the patron saint of married women.

The punctilio at the school’s annual awards day ceremony always called for the students to march into the gymnasium like little soldiers at the beginning of the ceremony.

The old southern lady ordered her tea time to be at precisely 4 o’clock every afternoon, and it meant a punctilio of setting the teapot on the table first before the rest of the tea set was a strict requirement.

Gentlemen in olden days each had a punctilio during their morning dressing of putting their black top hat on last before leaving their residence.

Since the club had a strict code of conduct, the punctilio of reading the minutes seemed pointless due to the few trivial events that took place.