The Short Stories of Saki, CompleteViking Press, 1937 - 718 pages |
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... TOLD THE TRUTH THER HERE was once ( said Reginald ) a woman who told the truth . Not all at once , of course , but the habit grew upon her gradually , like lichen on an apparently healthy tree . She had no children - otherwise it might ...
... TOLD THE TRUTH THER HERE was once ( said Reginald ) a woman who told the truth . Not all at once , of course , but the habit grew upon her gradually , like lichen on an apparently healthy tree . She had no children - otherwise it might ...
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... told , and always the lane was our point of contact ; but as the roan mare was taking me to the station one heavy , cloud - smeared day , I passed a dull - looking villa that the groom , or instinct , told me was Judkin's home . From ...
... told , and always the lane was our point of contact ; but as the roan mare was taking me to the station one heavy , cloud - smeared day , I passed a dull - looking villa that the groom , or instinct , told me was Judkin's home . From ...
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... told me I was too tall for my age , oblig- ingly showing me the height I ought to be . It reminded me of another royal lady's dictum " All persons above a mile high to leave the Court . " I told her that in this damp climate one must ...
... told me I was too tall for my age , oblig- ingly showing me the height I ought to be . It reminded me of another royal lady's dictum " All persons above a mile high to leave the Court . " I told her that in this damp climate one must ...
Contents
Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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