The Short Stories of Saki, CompleteViking Press, 1937 - 718 pages |
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Page 557
... Bertie the after- noon had been anything but perfect . Bertie made a suitable reply , in which a questioning note seemed to hover . " Thank you ever so much for those lovely handkerchiefs , " said Ella , answering the unspoken question ...
... Bertie the after- noon had been anything but perfect . Bertie made a suitable reply , in which a questioning note seemed to hover . " Thank you ever so much for those lovely handkerchiefs , " said Ella , answering the unspoken question ...
Page 558
... Bertie felt that the glamour of his anxiously deliberated present had faded away in the disagree- able restriction that hedged round its acknowledgment . " Is anything the matter ? " asked Bertie's friend Clovis when they met that ...
... Bertie felt that the glamour of his anxiously deliberated present had faded away in the disagree- able restriction that hedged round its acknowledgment . " Is anything the matter ? " asked Bertie's friend Clovis when they met that ...
Page 559
... Bertie , carissimo , " it began , " I wonder if you will have the nerve to do it : it will take some nerve , too ... Bertie's correspond- ence diligently for traces of possible dissipation or youthful entanglements , and at last the ...
... Bertie , carissimo , " it began , " I wonder if you will have the nerve to do it : it will take some nerve , too ... Bertie's correspond- ence diligently for traces of possible dissipation or youthful entanglements , and at last the ...
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