“E. M. Forster never gets any further than warming the teapot. He's a rare fine hand at that. Feel this teapot. Is it not beautifully warm? Yes, but there ain't going to be no tea.”
Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield Notebooks: Complete Edition
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