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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... hostess as one who puts by the guest- room bed " a volume either of O. Henry or Saki or both . " It is all right to put it there , but one hopes it will be brought down- stairs the next morning , for Saki's most perfect felicity is to ...
... hostess as one who puts by the guest- room bed " a volume either of O. Henry or Saki or both . " It is all right to put it there , but one hopes it will be brought down- stairs the next morning , for Saki's most perfect felicity is to ...
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... hostess , " and he's enormously learned about memorial brasses and transepts and the influence of Byzantine worship on modern liturgy , and all those sort of things . Perhaps he is just a little bit heavy and immersed in one range of ...
... hostess , " and he's enormously learned about memorial brasses and transepts and the influence of Byzantine worship on modern liturgy , and all those sort of things . Perhaps he is just a little bit heavy and immersed in one range of ...
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... hostess's pigeon - loft before breakfast out of sheer good- temper . " " Your hostess of the moment mightn't have a pigeon - loft , " said Clovis . " I always choose hostesses that have , " said Rex ; " a pigeon- loft is indicative of a ...
... hostess's pigeon - loft before breakfast out of sheer good- temper . " " Your hostess of the moment mightn't have a pigeon - loft , " said Clovis . " I always choose hostesses that have , " said Rex ; " a pigeon- loft is indicative of a ...
Contents
Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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