The Devil in the Detail

Gertrude Petunia Clifford poured tea from a white china pot, decorated with frolicking cats, into two similarly tasteless cups. She had never liked the set, having received it as a gift from a particularly unsuitable prospective daughter-in-law who had tried, transparently and without success, to buy her affections with gaudy china. Gertrude had kept the set, not out of any love for the ghastly animals parading around the cheap pieces, but as a reminder of one of the most delicious victories...