Short Stories of Saki (H. H. Munro)

REGINALD ON THE ACADEMY

By Saki (H. H. Munro)

"One goes to the Academy in self-defence," said Reginald. "It is the one topic one has in common with the Country Cousins."
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REGINALD ON TARIFFS

By Saki (H. H. Munro)

I'm not going to discuss the Fiscal Question (said Reginald); I wish to be original. At the same time, I think one suffers more than one realises from the system of free imports. I should like, for instance, a really prohibitive duty put upon the partner who declares on a weak red suit and hopes for the best. Even a free outlet for compressed verbiage doesn't balance matters.
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THE UNBEARABLE BASSINGTON CHAPTER 12

By Saki (H. H. Munro)

A door closed and Francesca Bassington sat alone in her well- beloved drawing-room. The visitor who had been enjoying the hospitality of her afternoon-tea table had just taken his departure.
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THE BAG

By Saki (H. H. Munro)

"The Major is coming in to tea," said Mrs. Hoopington to her niece. "He's just gone round to the stables with his horse. Be as bright and lively as you can; the poor man's got a fit of the glooms."
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When William Came - Chapter 13: TORYWOOD

By Saki (H. H. Munro)

Yeovil got out of the train at a small, clean, wayside station, and rapidly formed the conclusion that neatness, abundant leisure, and a devotion to the cultivation of wallflowers and wyandottes were the prevailing influences of the station-master's life.
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THE CUPBOARD OF THE YESTERDAYS

By Saki (H. H. Munro)

"War is a cruelly destructive thing," said the Wanderer, dropping his newspaper to the floor and staring reflectively into space. "Ah, yes, indeed," said the Merchant, responding readily to what seemed like a safe platitude; "when one thinks of the loss of life and limb, the desolated homesteads, the ruined--"
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