The Complete Short Stories of SakiHalcyon house, 1939 - 718 pages |
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Page 340
... lunch . On the day after the " Game " had been started there were , however , some notable absentees . Waldo Plubley , for instance , was reported to be nursing a headache . A large breakfast and an " A.B.C. ” had been taken up to his ...
... lunch . On the day after the " Game " had been started there were , however , some notable absentees . Waldo Plubley , for instance , was reported to be nursing a headache . A large breakfast and an " A.B.C. ” had been taken up to his ...
Page 359
... lunch turning up , you could induce them to play silly games , such as that idiotic one of the Lord Mayor's dinner - party , ' in which every one has to choose the name of a dish and do something futile when ' it is called out . In this ...
... lunch turning up , you could induce them to play silly games , such as that idiotic one of the Lord Mayor's dinner - party , ' in which every one has to choose the name of a dish and do something futile when ' it is called out . In this ...
Page 482
... lunch . The conversation hardly kept pace with the brilliancy of the menu . Repeated references on the part of the guests to the local political conditions and prospects in Sir James's con- stituency were met with vague " ahs " and ...
... lunch . The conversation hardly kept pace with the brilliancy of the menu . Repeated references on the part of the guests to the local political conditions and prospects in Sir James's con- stituency were met with vague " ahs " and ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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