The Short Stories of Saki (H.H. Munro)Contains the best of Saki's short stories, a biography by his sister and an introduction. |
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Page 126
... guests read steadily through the current batch of magazines , and fell back gradually on the " Badminton Library " and bound volumes of Punch . Lady Blemley made periodic visits to the pantry , returning each time with an ex- pression ...
... guests read steadily through the current batch of magazines , and fell back gradually on the " Badminton Library " and bound volumes of Punch . Lady Blemley made periodic visits to the pantry , returning each time with an ex- pression ...
Page 161
... guests which hours of laboured boasting might be powerless to achieve . For this purpose , how- ever , the guests must be chosen as carefully as the wine . " Standing aside from the revellers in the shadow of a massive pillar was an ...
... guests which hours of laboured boasting might be powerless to achieve . For this purpose , how- ever , the guests must be chosen as carefully as the wine . " Standing aside from the revellers in the shadow of a massive pillar was an ...
Page 658
... guests of the others to the weekly dances , concerts , etc. The Hôtel des Iles was the only one that invited no one to anything the fault , of course , of the guests , not of the pro- prietor . They collected the money and spent it on a ...
... guests of the others to the weekly dances , concerts , etc. The Hôtel des Iles was the only one that invited no one to anything the fault , of course , of the guests , not of the pro- prietor . They collected the money and spent it on a ...
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Reginald 36x | 8 |
Reginalds Choir Treat | 15 |
Reginald at the Carlton | 22 |
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