I certainly did not use the case of the mantelpiece as grounds for being opposed to foreign works of art.
They have taken the protection off the mantelpiece, thrown that away, and then thrown the mantelpiece away.
Besides, at £8·50 a pair these volumes are unlikely to find their way on to many mantelpieces.
They had no money on the mantelpiece waiting for such a bill to come through their doors.
You put it on the mantelpiece, and it will probably last for a fortnight.
From the way in which he put his remarks it may be because it is a foreign mantelpiece.
Would he now state in which apartment this £525 mantelpiece is to be erected?
I hope that that is engraved over all the mantelpieces concerned.
