Ickapoo believes in true love. He is not interested in a******y, one Night Stands, visiting s*x workers, promiscuity, lascivousness or flings.
"It would be difficult toady for any of us to say what he was like. There was nothing striking about him: he played during recess, worked in study-hall, paid attention in class, slept soundly in the dormitory, ate heartily in the refectory." (10)
In other words, Charles was a conformist who fitted societal norms comfortably and would be indistinguishable from the common man in society, he was boring conformist and unremarkable.
"The next day, however, he seemed a very different man. It was he who gave the impression of having lost his virginity overnight: the bride made not the slightest sign that could be taken to betray anything at all." (34)
