“Then，doyoureberourpleasantwalkstoEnf？ield，andPotter’sBar，andWaltha，whenwehadaholiday—holidays，andallotherfun，aregonenowweareridthelittlehand-basketwhichIedtodepositourday’sfareofsavoryldbandsad—andhowyouwouldpryaboutatnoontideforsodethoe，whereweightgoandproduceourstore—onlypaygforthealethatyoutcallfor—andspecuteuponthelooksofthenddy，andwhethershewaslikelytoallowatablecloth—andwishforsuotherhohostessasIzaakWaltonhasdescribedanyaoneonthepleasantbnksoftheLea，whenhewenta-f？ishg—antisotistheywouldproveobliggenough，andsotistheywouldlolyupon—butwehadcheerfullooksstillforoneanother，andwouldeatourpfoodsavorily，scarcelygrudggPiscatorhisTroutHall？Now—whenwegooutaday’spleasurg，whichisseldo，oreover，weridepartoftheway—andgotoaf？en，andorderthebestofdners，neverdebatgtheexpense—which，afterall，neverhashalftherelishofthosetrysnaps，whenwewereatthercyofuaageandaprecariowele.
“Youaretooproudtoseeapyanywherenowbutthepit.Doyoureberwhereitwasweedtosit，whenwesawtheBattleofHexha，andtheSurrenderofCais，andBannisterandMrs.BndtheChildrentheWood—whenwesqueezedoutourshillgsapiecetositthreeorfourtisaseasontheone-shillggallery—whereyoufeltallthetithatyououghtnottohavebrought—andorestronglyIfeltobligationtoyouforhavgbrought—andthepleasurewasthebetterforalittlesha—andwhenthecurtadrewup，whatcaredweforourpcethehoe，orwhatattereditwhereweweresittg，whenourthoughtswerewithRosaldArden，orwithVioattheCourtofIlyria.Youedtosaythatthegallerywasthebestpceofallforenjoygapysocially—thattherelishofsuchexhibitionstbeproportiontothefrequencyofgog—thatthepahere，notbeggeneralreadersofpys，wereobligedtoattendtheore，anddidattend，towhatwasgogon，oage—becaeawordlostwouldhavebeenachas，whichitossibleforthetof？illup.Withsuchref？leswensoledourpridethen—andIappealtoyouwhether，asawoan，ItgenerallywithlessattentionandaoodationthanIhavedonesceoreexpeuationsthehoe？Thegettgdeed，andthecrowdgupthoseaircaseswasbadenough—buttherewasstillawofcivilitytowoquiteasgreataentasweeverfoundtheotherpassages—andhowalittlediff？icultyovereheightehesnugseatandthepy，afterwards！Nowweonlypayouroneyandwalk.Youotsee，yousay，thegalleriesnow.Iasurewesaw，andheardtoo，wellenoughthen—butsight，andall，Ithk，isgohourpoverty.”
我对古瓷器的偏爱甚至有些女性化。每次去大户人家造访，我都要求先看看瓷器架，然后才是画廊。我改变不了这个欣赏的先后顺序，只能说人人都有这样或那样的偏好，由于年代久远不可能记得哪些是后天形成的。我还记得跟人看的第一出戏、第一次展览，但真不记得这些瓷坛瓷碟是何时进入我的思索空间的。
那些怪异的天蓝色的小巧形体没有规律可以琢磨，我当时就不曾反感，现在又怎么会反感呢？在常人眼中，他们在那个没有透视的世界——一个瓷茶杯上飘浮不定，不受任何局限。
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