Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes

The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poems, but her family denied both stories.

Hector Hugh Munro

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• Hammocks
• Censorious
• Yeats's poems

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• The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poems, but her family denied both stories.

  

  Hector Hugh Munro
  • Stories
  • Hammocks
  • Censorious