Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.

Hector Hugh Munro

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• Advising Mrs. Harris was the least I could do," David said smoothly. "After all, she was the one who brought me and my late wife together." That was stretching it a bit, since all Charlotte had done was give Sarah lessons in how to avoid fortune hunters, thus ensuring that the recalcitrant girl went right out and married the first one who approached her.

  

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• I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.

  

  Hector Hugh Munro
  • Anxious
  • Wrong thing