"
"Yes: exactly what I have said a hundred times: knowledge is
indispensable."
"If you had not pointed it out, I should never have noticed the Early
English doorway in the Chapter-house, so distinct in style from the
Refectory."
"You noticed the brackets of that doorway: you noticed the quatrefoils
in the head? The Refectory is later by three centuries, and is
exquisite, but is not equal to the Chapter-house."
"Yes, I noticed the brackets and quatrefoils particularly. If knowledge
is not necessary in order that we may admire, its natural tendency is to
deepen our admiration. Without it we pass over so much. In my own
small way I have noticed how my slight botanical knowledge of flowers by
the mere attention involved increases my wonder at their loveliness."
There was the usual interruption by the shop-bell. How he hated that
bell! Mrs. Fairfax answered it, closing the parlour door. The customer
was Mrs. Bingham.
"I will not disturb you now, Mrs. Fairfax. I was going to say something
about the black trimming you recommended.
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