While studying at Oxford, Harry was often invited to the home of Sir James Murray, the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, along with other Rhodes scholars. There he was introduced to the three youngest daughters, each of whom vied for his attentions. During this period, the exuberance of the Murray household at Sunnyside was a diversion from the strains of preparing for his final exams, and also offered a venue for exploring friendships with women which allowed him an escape from the confines of the strident homosociality of Oxford culture. When he fell in love with Gwyneth, he was in turn forced to reevaluate conventional Christian ethics which interpreted sex as sin as he began to pursue his erotic desires.