The paradox is experienced again, relentlessly as the child becomes more aware (as oral-stage achievements disposed the child to be) of the presence of food and stool within the alimentary canal and the meaning of even more portals of the body—definatory of the anal stage.

There are fewer more distressing sights than that Of an Englishman in a baseball cap

You know what sort of portrait we want? Captain of Industry? Roger said sneeringly.

Mr. Passebon is showing whimsical pieces, like a pair of vintage white-lacquered metal garden chairs that are a confection of swirls and flowers, and more serious fare, like a pair of Napoleon III miniature seats upholstered in blue velvet with gilded faux bamboo legs and low, balusterlike round backs, also carved and gilded, in imitation of beaded fringe.