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The Welcome back everyone to one thousand one classic short stories and tales. Today we have a surprise for you, a double header from Saki. The first story, the Schwartz-Metter-Clew method.

And the second story, the open window.

Both are humorous stories that poke fun at Victorian Society.

I think you'll enjoy them both.

Hector Hugh Monroe, known to us as Saki, was a witty British author who published under the pen name

Saki or H.H. Monroe. The inspiration for the pen name Saki is unknown. It might be based upon a

character in a poem around a South American monkey. Given Monroe's intellect, wit, and mischievous

nature, it's possible it was based on both simultaneously.

As a writer, Saki was a master of the short story form, and is often compared to O'Henry and Dorothy Parker.

Saki had a pension for mocking the popular customs and manners of Edwardian England.

He often did so by depicting characters in a setting and manner that would

contrast their behavior with that of the natural world, often demonstrating that the simple and

straightforward rules of nature would always trump the vanities of men. In the first story,

the Schart's Meterclou method, an arrogant aristocrat mistakes Lady Carlotta for her new governess.

It's important to note that a governess is a woman employed in a private household to educate pupils,

usually girls, in a range of accomplishments, ranging from reading to drawing.

Governances became increasingly popular throughout the Victorian era for both the

upper and middle classes. The term lady in the Victorian era described women of a high social

class or status, the female equivalent of a lord. And now on with our story.

Lady Carlotta stepped out onto the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or two up and down its uninteresting length

to kill time till the train should be pleased to proceed on its way.

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