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large/1868/reginald_0709_librivox_64kb_mp3/reginald_10_saki_64kb
English
1868
It may have been pleasing to the angels, but her elder sister was not gratified. IT MAY HAVE BEEN PLEASING TO THE ANGELS BUT HER ELDER SISTER WAS NOT GRATIFIED
rcely have been better pleased if they could have foreseen that their names would be associated nowadays chiefly with racehorses and the cheaper clarets. And now, if you can tear yourself away from the salted almonds, we'll go and have coffee under the palms that are so necessary for our discomfort." REGINALD ON BESETTING SINS: THE WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH There was once (said Reginald) a woman who told the truth. Not all at once, of course, but the habit grew upon her gradually, like lichen on an apparently healthy tree. She had no children--otherwise it might have been different. It began with little things, for no particular reason except that her life was a rather empty one, and it is so easy to slip into the habit of telling the truth in little matters. And then it became difficult to draw the line at more important things, until at last she took to telling the truth about her age; she said she was forty-two and five months--by that time, you see, she was veracious even to months.  THIS IS A LIBRIVOX RECORDING ALL LIBER VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG THIS READING BY GRAHAM REDMAN REGINALD SHORT STORIES BY SARKE REGINALD ON BESETTING SINS THE WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH THERE WAS ONCE SAID REGINALD A WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH NOT ALL AT ONCE OF COURSE BUT THE HABIT GREW UPON HER GRADUALLY LIKE LICHEN ON AN APPARENTLY HEALTHY TREE SHE HAD NO CHILDREN OTHERWISE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IT BEGAN WITH LITTLE THINGS FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON EXCEPT THAT HER LIFE WAS A RATHER EMPTY ONE AND IT IS SO EASY TO SLIP INTO THE HABIT OF TELLING THE TRUTH IN LITTLE MATTERS AND THEN IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO DRAW THE LINE AT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS UNTIL AT LAST SHE TOOK TO TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HER AGE SHE SAID SHE WAS FORTY TWO AND FIVE MONTHS BY THAT TIME YOU SEE SHE WAS VORACIOUS EVEN TO MONTHS
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