'"But hang it all, my dear fellow," said Blenkinthrope impatiently, "haven't I just told you that nothing of a remarkable nature ever happens to me?"
"Invent something," said Gorworth. Since winning a prize for excellence in Scriptural knowledge at a preparatory school he had felt licenced to be a little more unscrupulous than the circle he moved in. Much might surely be excused to one who in early life could give a list of seventeen trees mentioned in the Old Testament.'
from The Seventh Pullet, a piece in Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment