Hi Karlie — totally my fault — the sponge
mixture should be added to the dry dough ingredients
along with the wet ingredients (in the «make the dough»
step).
In 38 when he
stepped for the first time through its sliding doors into a grand room of marble floor and Venetian fireplace it was the photographs
along the wall that had captured his attention rather than the mad
mixture of Japanese and European architectural styles: all taken in the grounds of Azalea Manor while some party was in progress, Europeans and Japanese mixing uncomplicatedly.