They wouldn't let him because they felt it was an invasion of their privacy. Apparently, they wouldn't even share a shower with their own dads (they say). And yet, the boyfriend of one of them spends the night all the time.
Really, they're just snobs. I can't wait until my rent contract is up.
And yeah, Mark and Roger's "fancy clothes" are ugly.
"`I grow old... I grow old... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.` What does that mean, Mr. Marlowe?"
"Not a bloody thing. It just sounds good."
He smiled. "That is from the `Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.` Here's another one. `In the room women come and go/Talking of Michael Angelo.' Does that suggest anything to you, sir?"
"Yeah -- it suggests to me that the guy didn't know very much about women."
"My sentiments exactly, sir. Nonetheless I admire T. S. Eliot very much."
"Did you say, 'nonetheless'?"
- The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler