The Short Stories of SakiContains the best of Saki's short stories, a biography by his sister and an introduction. |
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... never has the time to explore . There was a fellow I stayed with once in Warwickshire who farmed his own land , but was otherwise quite steady . Should never have suspected him of having a soul , yet not very long afterwards he eloped ...
... never has the time to explore . There was a fellow I stayed with once in Warwickshire who farmed his own land , but was otherwise quite steady . Should never have suspected him of having a soul , yet not very long afterwards he eloped ...
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... never quite so bad as the woman who fires Exchange and Mart questions at you without the least provocation . Imagine ... never really knows one's ground , and one may make mistakes occasionally . But then one's mis- takes sometimes turn ...
... never quite so bad as the woman who fires Exchange and Mart questions at you without the least provocation . Imagine ... never really knows one's ground , and one may make mistakes occasionally . But then one's mis- takes sometimes turn ...
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... never boils over . I knew a boy once who really was inno- cent ; his parents were in Society , but they never gave him a moment's anxiety from his infancy . He believed in company prospectuses , and in the purity of elections , and in ...
... never boils over . I knew a boy once who really was inno- cent ; his parents were in Society , but they never gave him a moment's anxiety from his infancy . He believed in company prospectuses , and in the purity of elections , and in ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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