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Silk stockings are priceless. A vice-queen IS an armchair. World views are word mixtures. A dog IS a hammock. L'art est mort. Viva Dada!

An avalanche comes up the stairs. Hard on the heels of the night. A white avalanche up the wobbly stairs. Mrs Goldhead curtseys. Mr Goldhead taps his brow. A white fountain gushes from his head. The likes of this had never been seen. Not in this or any other century.

They protested at this. And disheartened, the amanuensis said: "They just want to remain seated here and devour their cerebral cortices. That's all. And they no longer have their traws. They have even sacrificed the shirts on their backs."