The Complete Short Stories of SakiHalcyon house, 1939 - 718 pages |
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Page 48
... Persian rug , basking in the firelight with superb indifference to the possible ill- humour of Lady Anne . His pedigree was as flawlessly Persian as the rug , and his ruff was coming into the glory of its sec- ond winter . The page ...
... Persian rug , basking in the firelight with superb indifference to the possible ill- humour of Lady Anne . His pedigree was as flawlessly Persian as the rug , and his ruff was coming into the glory of its sec- ond winter . The page ...
Page 312
... Persia . I should never have taken you for a Persian , " he remarked , with a somewhat aggrieved air . " I am not , " said Crosby ; " my father was an Afghan . " " An Afghan ! " said the other , smitten into bewildered si- lence for a ...
... Persia . I should never have taken you for a Persian , " he remarked , with a somewhat aggrieved air . " I am not , " said Crosby ; " my father was an Afghan . " " An Afghan ! " said the other , smitten into bewildered si- lence for a ...
Page 601
... Persian verse , alleged to have been unearthed and translated by a nephew who was at present campaigning somewhere in the Tigris valley . The Rev. Wilfrid possessed a host of nephews , and it was , of course , quite possible that one or ...
... Persian verse , alleged to have been unearthed and translated by a nephew who was at present campaigning somewhere in the Tigris valley . The Rev. Wilfrid possessed a host of nephews , and it was , of course , quite possible that one or ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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