The Short Stories of Saki (H .H. Munro)J. Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1930 - 718 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 46
Page 403
... Bertie and Dora , who were left to their own devisings — that is to say , to Dora's de- visings and Bertie's accommodating acquiescence . Dora helped in the Christmas decorations of the parish church , and Bertie helped her to help ...
... Bertie and Dora , who were left to their own devisings — that is to say , to Dora's de- visings and Bertie's accommodating acquiescence . Dora helped in the Christmas decorations of the parish church , and Bertie helped her to help ...
Page 557
... Bertie the after- noon had been anything but perfect . Bertie made a suitable reply , in which a questioning note scemed to hover . " Thank you ever so much for those lovely handkerchiefs , " said Ella , answering the unspoken question ...
... Bertie the after- noon had been anything but perfect . Bertie made a suitable reply , in which a questioning note scemed to hover . " Thank you ever so much for those lovely handkerchiefs , " said Ella , answering the unspoken question ...
Page 558
... Bertie felt that the glamour of his anxiously deliberated present had faded away in the disagree- able restriction that hedged round its acknowledgment . " Is anything the matter ? " asked Bertie's friend Clovis when they met that ...
... Bertie felt that the glamour of his anxiously deliberated present had faded away in the disagree- able restriction that hedged round its acknowledgment . " Is anything the matter ? " asked Bertie's friend Clovis when they met that ...
Contents
Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
Copyright | |
73 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
Abbleway afternoon animal asked Balkan Baroness beast Belturbet Bertie better bird Caiaphas Cheele Chronicles of Clovis church mice Clovis Clovis Sangrail Conradin course cousin Davos dear dinner door Egbert eggs Eleanor exclaimed eyes fact fancy feel garden gave girl Groby guests happened heard Hector horse hostess hour human hunting hyæna idea imagine knew Lady listen lived look Loona lunch matter mind Minorca minutes Miss morning mother Moung Mullet neighbour never night Norbury Octavian once one's party perhaps play political portmanteau Reginald remark remember round Russian seemed side Sir Lulworth sort Sredni Vashtar story suddenly Suffragette suppose Tahn talk Tarrington tell there's thing thought tion Tobermory told took tree turned Umberleigh Vespaluus voice watch Westminster Gazette wild Wilfrid window woman wonder young