The Short Stories of Saki (H.H. Munro): Complete, Volume 10Hector Munro, writing under the pseudonym of Saki, leads the reader from garden party to pig sty to political convention in this collection of seventy short stories. |
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... Miss Hope , what on earth is the meaning of this scene ? " " Early Roman history ; the Sabine women , don't you know ? It's the Schartz - Metterklume method to make children under- stand history by acting it themselves ; fixes it in ...
... Miss Hope , what on earth is the meaning of this scene ? " " Early Roman history ; the Sabine women , don't you know ? It's the Schartz - Metterklume method to make children under- stand history by acting it themselves ; fixes it in ...
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... Miss Louise didn't come home with me , and I'm not sure where I left her . " " Miss Louise has been upstairs all the afternoon , ma'am , reading to the second kitchenmaid , who has the neuralgia . I took up tea to Miss Louise at a ...
... Miss Louise didn't come home with me , and I'm not sure where I left her . " " Miss Louise has been upstairs all the afternoon , ma'am , reading to the second kitchenmaid , who has the neuralgia . I took up tea to Miss Louise at a ...
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... Miss Fritten afterwards described it , of a Satrap proroguing a Sanhedrim . Whether such a pleasant function ever fell to a Satrap's lot she was not quite certain , but the simile faithfully conveyed her meaning to a large circle of ...
... Miss Fritten afterwards described it , of a Satrap proroguing a Sanhedrim . Whether such a pleasant function ever fell to a Satrap's lot she was not quite certain , but the simile faithfully conveyed her meaning to a large circle of ...
Contents
Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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