‘I thought your work was your hobby. Anyway, occasionally you collect things, although sooner or later you get rid of them.’
‘You are thinking not of me but of Basil Honfleur, whose collector’s mania led to his undoing. The acquisitive instinct, like most other instincts, shows a side of man’s baser nature. One should not wish to accumulate.’
She waved a yellow claw at the collector’s items she had received in exchange for her platters.
‘Well, you’ve put Adam and Eve and the serpent behind you. What more do you want?’ asked Laura.
‘One should work with one’s hands, as Adam and Eve did,’ replied Dame Beatrice. ‘When our coach tour is over, I think I shall carve a few love-spoons.’
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