The Toys of Peace and other papers, by Saki

By Richard CrowestComedy

The Toys of Peace and other papers, by Saki episodes

August 03, 2015 The Interlopers
“A man stood one winter night watching and listening, as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle."
15 min
July 02, 2015 Forewarned
“Never, in any novel that she had read, had a defenceless young woman been confronted with a situation like this."
16 min
May 31, 2015 Bertie's Christmas Eve
“In the course of half an hour or so everything that it was permissible to say about Bertie had been said some dozens of times."
14 min
April 30, 2015 A Bread and Butter Miss
“Bread and Butter wins! Good old Bread and Butter."
11 min
February 28, 2015 The Penance
“Beast!"
15 min
January 30, 2015 The Guests
“… any one will admit that it was an embarrassing predicament to have your only available guest-room occupied by a leopard…"
10 min
November 29, 2014 Louis
“… all that Lena will find when she comes home late in the afternoon will be a placidly defunct Louis."
11 min
October 31, 2014 The Wolves of Cernogratz
“When one has nothing left to one but memories, one guards and dusts them with especial care."
12 min
September 30, 2014 The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh
“He got a message one day telling him that his wife had been kidnapped and smuggled out of the country."
12 min
August 29, 2014 Tea
“If one’s soul was really enslaved at one’s mistress’s feet how could one talk coherently about weakened tea?"
11 min

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