Saki

The Unbearable Bassington Saki

Book Excerpt: o an heiress. That would solve the financial side of hisproblem. If he had unlimited money at his disposal, he might gointo the wilds somewhere and shoot big game. I never know what thebig game have done to deserve it, but they do help to deflect thedestructive energies of some of our social misfits."Henry, who never killed anything larger or fiercer than a trout, was scornfully superior on the subject of big game shooting. Francesca brightened at the matrimonial suggestion. "I don't knowabout an heiress," she said reflectively. "There's EmmelineChetrof of course. One could hardly call her an heiress, but she'sgot a comfortable little income of her own and I suppose somethingmore will come to her from her grandmother. Then, of course, youknow this house goes to her when she marries.""That would be very convenient," said Henry, probably following aline of thought that his sister had trodden many hundreds of timesbefore him. "Do she and Comus hit it off at all well together?"Read Mor