Cardiff pressed for a leveller to force the tie into penalties, but Stoke comfortably held out and Walters added his second finishing from a tight angle after his first shot was beaten back to him by Heaton.

She led the way through a wide hall into a charming room, where a table was already spread in its dainty napery and silver.

It is a miraculous, multitiered balancing act of Classical grace and Romantic ardor, musical taste and dazzling display, formal structure and impetuosity.

Dmitry Chernov, b. 1839