Book 2, Chapter 17: The Apotheosis of the Titmouse

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌⁠The respective merits of hard and soft porcelain have been, from time to time, warmly debated by collectors and experts, but never, perhaps, have they been more earnestly discussed than on the occasion of the opening of Miss Tallboy-Smith’s exhibition. During the half-hour which preceded lunch, the central glass case and the additional show-cases which had been set up for the occasion were surroun