The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poem…

Hector Hugh Munro
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The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poems, but her family denied both stories. ✨ Saki, Hector Hugh Munro (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated), p.420, Delphi Classics
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