The Complete Short Stories of SakiHalcyon house, 1939 - 718 pages |
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Page 132
Saki. It was only for forty - nine shillings , but Lady Bastable loved shillings with a great , strong love . To lose money at bridge and not to have to pay it was one of those rare experi- ences which gave the card - table a glamour in ...
Saki. It was only for forty - nine shillings , but Lady Bastable loved shillings with a great , strong love . To lose money at bridge and not to have to pay it was one of those rare experi- ences which gave the card - table a glamour in ...
Page 374
... shillings and netted a comfortable com- mission for himself ; as it was , that ten shillings was one of the things the League had to deny itself . Since then I've been careful not to let him have a penny piece in his hands . " " He'll ...
... shillings and netted a comfortable com- mission for himself ; as it was , that ten shillings was one of the things the League had to deny itself . Since then I've been careful not to let him have a penny piece in his hands . " " He'll ...
Page 423
... shillings was such a ridiculously inadequate sum for a man of his immense wealth to spend on a birthday present . He ... shillings that look as if they might be worth seven - and- six , and are priced at ten shillings and labelled ...
... shillings was such a ridiculously inadequate sum for a man of his immense wealth to spend on a birthday present . He ... shillings that look as if they might be worth seven - and- six , and are priced at ten shillings and labelled ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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