"Wasn't Monteriggioni where we saw the cornflowers, Teresa? An entire carpet of them - oh, it was delightful. I find the cornflower the most delightful of flowers. Don't you, Miss Lavish?"
"I prefer something bolder: the reckless rose, the tempestuous tulip."
An exchange between Miss Catharine Allan, a lady of excellent taste, played by Fabia Drake (above), and Miss Eleanor Lavish, a novelist (Judi Dench), from A Room with a View - which I saw last night for the first time and so enjoyed.
(Pictures snapped from the television screen, hence the lack of clarity).
