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Book Excerpt: scholars, so one felt that this WESTMINSTER free-lance in the thirties was no fit competitor for the youth of othercolleges. Indeed, it could not compete.Well, I discovered him, but only to the few, the favoured, did Ispeak of him. It may have been my uncertainty (which stillpersists) whether he called himself Sayki, Sahki or Sakki whichmade me thus ungenerous of his name, or it may have been thefeeling that the others were not worthy of him; but how refreshingit was when some intellectually blown-up stranger said "Do youever read Saki?" to reply, with the same pronunciation and evengreater condescension: "Saki! He has been my favourite author foryears!"A strange exotic creature, this Saki, to us many others who weretrying to do it too. For we were so domestic, he so terrifyinglycosmopolitan. While we were being funny, as planned, with collar-studs and hot-water bottles, he was being much funnier withwerwolves and tigers. Our little dialogues were between John andMary; his, and hoRead More
