The most likely explanation is that Cage imagined Peter as a fop of the first order, the type of ivory-tower Manhattanite whose exalted sense of privilege naturally leads to a hilariously affected manner of speech.

Following ‘great murmur and clamour’ because of the non-payment of the expenses of the Household and the abuses of purveyance, it was further provided that the income from the unenfeoffed portions of the Duchy of Lancaster […] should be diverted for the next five years […]

The endless pride and outstretching of man, unspeakable joys and sorrows.

April 5, 2001, the Monkey Man attacks Anil Gopal.