The Complete Short Stories of SakiHalcyon house, 1939 - 718 pages |
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Page vii
... Clovis Sangrail , Comus Bassington , Blanche Bavvel , Hor- tensia Bavvel - can you resist the desire to be introduced to these ? Clovis , Playboy of the Week - End World , I have al- ways supposed to be so called because he was so ...
... Clovis Sangrail , Comus Bassington , Blanche Bavvel , Hor- tensia Bavvel - can you resist the desire to be introduced to these ? Clovis , Playboy of the Week - End World , I have al- ways supposed to be so called because he was so ...
Page 223
... Clovis Sangrail , Esq . , at work on his latest poem , ' they could slip you in as a Study of the Nude or Orpheus descending into Jermyn Street . They always complain that modern dress handicaps them , whereas a towel and a fountain ...
... Clovis Sangrail , Esq . , at work on his latest poem , ' they could slip you in as a Study of the Nude or Orpheus descending into Jermyn Street . They always complain that modern dress handicaps them , whereas a towel and a fountain ...
Page 543
... Clovis Sangrail , that he never had enough available or even prospective cash at his command to enable him to fix the wager at a figure really worth winning . " Some day , " he said , " I shall come across a really safe thing , a bet ...
... Clovis Sangrail , that he never had enough available or even prospective cash at his command to enable him to fix the wager at a figure really worth winning . " Some day , " he said , " I shall come across a really safe thing , a bet ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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