Story the number three - Ming and Such
The raffish yet rather ill-informed and conceited the Honourable Lord Roger Sandhurst was attending an exhibition at the Royal Society.
"A tad trifling is it not?" Lord Sandhurst said, peering through the spotless glass cabinet as he bent over on an angle, commenting on an archaic object consisting of white material and blue paint.
"It is from the Ming Dynasty you realise. This is quite a priceless piece of antiquity before your eyes, here in front of us, Sir." Replied and applied quite quickly a rough and seemingly learned and authoritative voice of a bearded man in a white and crumpled suit with an absence of a tie and presence of a bowtie. His face was evidently weathered by the weather, and his hair bleached by sunlight and most likely Saharan sand.
"Oh come now my good Sir. Is it not a mere piece of pointless pottery, just a ceramic of uncleanness, a trivial and tedious tad of terracotta and so on?"
"How preposterous Sir! It is a predominant and extraordinary discovery. An amazing archaeological find that will help advance our knowledge of the past. Not to mention it is of rather beautiful form and shape. Let me elaborate: crafted during the reign of..."
"Yes, yes, yes." Lord Roger interrupted rudely. "That is all very fascinating, but I assure you I am on the King’s business and such. And as such I must depart, I am terribly sorry. Good day Sir. Now then, where are those damned crumpets, what."
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