The Complete Short Stories of SakiHalcyon house, 1939 - 718 pages |
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Page 262
... wish for by retailing an account of how he had turned a vegetable marrow into a wood - pigeon before her very eyes . As a mani- festation of the possession of supernatural powers , the story was discounted in some quarters by the ...
... wish for by retailing an account of how he had turned a vegetable marrow into a wood - pigeon before her very eyes . As a mani- festation of the possession of supernatural powers , the story was discounted in some quarters by the ...
Page 298
... wish was there , dis- owned though it might be , lurking at the back of her mind . She felt the meanness of the wish come over her with a qualm of self - reproach one day when she came into the kitchen and found an unaccustomed state of ...
... wish was there , dis- owned though it might be , lurking at the back of her mind . She felt the meanness of the wish come over her with a qualm of self - reproach one day when she came into the kitchen and found an unaccustomed state of ...
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... wishes of a people , " said Moung Ka . " The Bengalis may be a people who do not always wish what is best for them . Who can say ? But at least their wishes have been taken into consideration , and that is a good thing . " " " And the ...
... wishes of a people , " said Moung Ka . " The Bengalis may be a people who do not always wish what is best for them . Who can say ? But at least their wishes have been taken into consideration , and that is a good thing . " " " And the ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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