On going for an Indian style Repton should have been on safe ground. The ever-increasing contacts with the subcontinent were putting it in vogue. Yet the fashion-conscious George rejected Repton's scheme as a pedantic bore.
瑞氏的建議其實可以大獲龍心的，因為當時東印度公司貿易如日中天，大家轉而對印度好奇不已；這時候提出印度式的建議，豈不正合講求時尚的王子之心？