cried Ursula. ‘Is the whole building fine?’

‘Oh yes,’ he replied. ‘The frieze is part of the whole architecture. Yes, it is a colossal thing.’

Then he seemed to stiffen, shrugged his shoulders, and went on:

‘Sculpture and architecture must go together. The day for irrelevant statues, as for wall pictures, is over. As a matter of fact sculpture is always part of an architectural conception. And since churches are all museum stuff, since industry is our business, now, then let us make our places of industry our art — our factory-area our Parthenon, ECCO!’

Ursula pondered.

‘I suppose,’ she said, ‘there is no NEED for our great works to be so hideous.’