But there were other objects of delight and interest...

But there were other objects of delight and interest claiming his instant attention: there were quaint twisted candlesticks in the shape of snakes, and a teapot fashioned like a china duck, out of whose open beak the tea was supposed to come. How dull and shapeless the nursery teapot seemed in comparison!

Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914)

But there were other objects of delight and interest claiming his instant attention: there were quaint twisted candlesticks in the shape of snakes,...

But there were other objects of delight and interest claiming his instant attention: there were quaint twisted candlesticks in the shape of snakes,...

But there were other objects of delight and interest claiming his instant attention: there were quaint twisted candlesticks in the shape of snakes,...

But there were other objects of delight and interest claiming his instant attention: there were quaint twisted candlesticks in the shape of snakes,...