The Camberwell Beauty

For some reason I kept the teapot I had bought in Salisbury to remind me of wasted time. In its humble way it was pretty. 

~V.S. Pritchett

Chocolate Tea

Long after he had gone and the mauby had dripped and dried on her chin, she remained on that spot, trying to put a name to the part of her that had dribbled away beneath the floorboards. 

~Gaylene Gould