'I have never seen much undercutting in Perpendicular stone-work; nor anybody else, I think.' 'O yes--lots of it!' said Mr.Havill, nettled.
Paula looked from one to the other.

'Which am I to take as guide ?' she asked.

'Are Perpendicular capitals undercut, as you call it, Mr.Havill, or no ?' 'It depends upon circumstances,' said Mr.Havill.
But Somerset had answered at the same time: 'There is seldom or never any marked undercutting in moulded work later than the middle of the fourteenth century.' Havill looked keenly at Somerset for a time: then he turned to Paula: 'As regards that fine Saxon vaulting you did me the honour to consult me about the other day, I should advise taking out some of the old stones and reinstating new ones exactly like them.' 'But the new ones won't be Saxon,' said Paula.

'And then in time to come, when I have passed away, and those stones have become stained like the rest, people will be deceived.

I should prefer an honest patch to any such make-believe of Saxon relics.' As she concluded she let her eyes rest on Somerset for a moment, as if to ask him to side with her.