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Even though it was
reckoned to be worth more than the other pieces in the Tallis homewhich were
mostly junk collected by Cecilia’s grandfatherJack Tallis wanted the vase in usein
honor of his brother’s memory. It was not to be imprisoned behind a glass case. If it
had survived the warthe reasoning wentthen it could survive the Tallises. His wife
did not disagree. The truth waswhatever its great valueand beyond its association
Emily Tallis did not much like the vase. Its little painted Chinese figures gathered
formally in a garden around a tablewith ornate plants and implausible birds
seemed fussy and oppressive. Chinoiserie in general bored her. Cecilia herself had
no particular viewthough she sometimes wondered just how much it might fetch at
Sotheby’s. The vase was respected not for H?roldt’s mastery of polychrome
enamels or the blue and gold interlacing strapwork and foliagebut for Uncle Clem
and the lives he had savedthe river he had crossed at midnightand his death just a
week before the Armistice. Flowersespecially wildflowersseemed a proper tribute.
Cecilia gripped the cool porcelain in both hands as she stood on one footand with
the other hooked the French windows ope [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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