The Short Stories of Saki, CompleteViking Press, 1937 - 718 pages |
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Page 230
... Better not . " Mrs. Packletide gave a start of alarm , and refused the sherry ; there seemed some sinister suggestion in the butler's warning , as though her hostess had suddenly become addicted to the Borgia habit . A moment later the ...
... Better not . " Mrs. Packletide gave a start of alarm , and refused the sherry ; there seemed some sinister suggestion in the butler's warning , as though her hostess had suddenly become addicted to the Borgia habit . A moment later the ...
Page 391
... better , " suggested the aunt fatuously . " Why is it better ? " came the swift , inevitable question . " Oh , look at those cows ! " exclaimed the aunt . Nearly every field along the line had contained cows or bullocks , but she spoke ...
... better , " suggested the aunt fatuously . " Why is it better ? " came the swift , inevitable question . " Oh , look at those cows ! " exclaimed the aunt . Nearly every field along the line had contained cows or bullocks , but she spoke ...
Page 520
... better have the vote , and still the coldly reasoned or unreasoned reply was that they'd better not . Their plight might have been summed up in a perversion of Gilbert's lines- " " Twenty voteless millions we , Voteless all against our ...
... better have the vote , and still the coldly reasoned or unreasoned reply was that they'd better not . Their plight might have been summed up in a perversion of Gilbert's lines- " " Twenty voteless millions we , Voteless all against our ...
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