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I entirely agree with gmw and will post more at length later; for now, I'll only observe that misogyny is also a significant factor. Of the working class characters, only Sergeant Weller is granted the dignity of his personhood and regarded as intelligent and worthy in himself, while remaining, of course, an underling.* Certainly not the nurses, or Grant's housekeeper! Marta is an exception, but even at that she's dismissed as rather stupid and someone who operates on instinct.
*C'mon, who didn't want Williams to say, "Run your own bleeding errands; I'm off the clock," when sent to the bookstore?
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