George Manville Fenn

Original Penny Readings George Manville Fenn

Now, it don't matter a bit what sort of clay a pot's made of, if when it's been tried in the fire it turns out sound and rings well when it's struck. If I'm only common red ware, without even a bit of glaze on me, and yet answer the purpose well for which I'm made, why I'm a good pot, ain't I, even if I only hold water? But what I hate is this-to see the pots that we come against every day of our lives all on the grumble and murmur system, and never satisfied.