Stories
The Interlopers
A dramatic confrontation between two sworn enemies in a generation-old land dispute.
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Mark
An author, at work on the third chapter of his eighth novel, is interrupted by an encyclopaedia salesman.
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The Unrest-Cure
When Clovis overhears a middle-aged man bemoaning the lack of excitment in his life, he decides to help out. And then some.
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Bertie's Christmas Eve
Bertie Steffink takes action against his disapproving relatives.
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Hermann the Irascible
A newly imported King of England finds a harsh - but effective - way of dealing with the country's feminists.
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The Byzantine Omelette
Socialist principles come in conflict with the demands of high society.
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"Ministers of Grace"
An unusually religious Duke gets tired of petty party politics and replaces the members of the Houses of Parliament with Angels.
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The Recessional
When Clovis must back-up his claim that he can produce quality poetry by the square yard, Bertie van Tahn assumes the role of critic.
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The Remoulding of Groby Lington
A man becomes obsessed with the idea that owners might grow to resemble their pets. Then someone buys him a monkey.
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The Phantom Luncheon
Lady Drakmanton comes up with an unorthodox way of dealing with the miserly Misses Smithly-Dubb.
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The Peace Offering
In an ego-driven attempt to heal local political divisions, the Baroness and Clovis decide to stage a Greek tragedy.
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The Cobweb
When Emma Ladbruk's husband inherits a farm, it comes with an old woman who soon starts to get in the way.
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The Toys Of Peace
An uncle tries to interest his young nephews in some experimental non-violent toys.
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Shock Tactics
Bertie becomes increasingly frustrated by his mother who insists on reading all of his mail - so he mentions the problem to his friend Clovis ...
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The She-Wolf
When Leonard Bilsiter claims to wield enormous powers - conferred on him by a mastery of Siberian Magic - Clovis decides to set the record straight.
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The Jesting of Arlington Stringham
Arlington Stringham makes a joke in the Houses of Parliament - but fails to consider the consequences.
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A Matter of Sentiment
The day before the big race and those gathered for Lady Susan's house-party are keen that their money be on the right horse.
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Sredni Vashtar
A boy defies his hated guardian through the worship of a great ferret who lives in the tool-shed.
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The Easter Egg
Lady Barbara is charged with finding a suitably new and tasteful method for greeting the head of state of a small Euopean princedom.
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Canossa
The government's success in a by-election becomes dependant on the acquittal of an obviously guilty man.
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Wratislav
Clovis discusses a match for Wriatislav - the black sheep of a rather greyish family.
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The Guests
A woman tells of a particularly stressful experience involving a visiting bishop, a flood and a hungry leopard.
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The Open Window
Frankly, Framton Nuttel doubted whether these formal visits on a succession of total strangers would do much towards helping his nerve cure.
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The Story of St Vespaluus
The great king Hkrikros - a devout worshiper of the sacred and esteemed serpants - depairs as his favourite nephew begins to show signs of Christianity.
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Adrian
Mrs Mebberly takes on a little more than expected when she arranges to take the angelic looking young 'Adrian' on holiday.
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The Lumber Room
Witty and insightful tale of a memorable day in the life of a determined child.
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Excepting Mrs. Pentherby
At an extended house party everyone gets along splendidly with one another - except a certain Mrs. Pentherby.
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The Oversight
Lady Prowche has trouble putting together a guest list that will ensure her house party is argument-free.
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The Treasure Ship
The Duchess of Dulverton sends an errant nephew to search for underwater gold.
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The Penance
Octavian Ruttle's guilt over his killing of a chicken-stealing cat is not helped by the growing hatred of its owner's children.
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The Peace of Mowsle Barton
Crefton Lockyer begins to suspect that all is not right in the seemingly peaceful villiage of Mowsle Barton. One word: Witches!
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Forewarned
Alethia Debchance, raised on a strict diet of romance novels, leaves home for the first time to visit her distant cousin Robert, an aspiring politician.
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For The Duration Of The War
Boredom leads a rector into temptation following his move to a country parish.
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The Hedgehog
Mrs. Hatch-Mallard takes her rivalry with Mrs. Dole into the realm of the supernatural.
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The Hounds of Fate
A man contemplating ending it all off the edge of a cliff is apparently - by an enormous stroke of luck - given a second chance.
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Hyacinth
Matilda ignores Mrs. Panstreppon's advice not to take her rumbustious son to the poll on his father's election day.
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Morlvera
In the window of a dismal 'Toy Emporium' a particularly horrible doll in peach-coloured velvet with leopard-skin accessories fires the imagination of two passing children.
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A Bread And Butter Miss
Speculation about the outcome of the closest Derby race in years intensifies when Lola Pevensey claims to have dreamt the winner.
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The Disappearance Of Crispina Umberleigh
A domineering wife and mother unobtrusively and inexplicably vanishes.
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The Mouse
Theodoric is not alone in his train compartment and, while not actually afraid of mice.....
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The Way to the Dairy
The tragic story of three sisters who come tantalisingly close to an unexpected inheritance.
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Mrs Packletide's Tiger
When Loona Bimberton pulls off a coup with her celebrated 'Algerian aviator', Mrs Packletide feels compelled to respond.
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Tobermory
Revealing the dangers of giving previously dumb animals the power of speech. Especially cats.
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The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat
Jocantha decides to share her happiness with the less fortunate through a spot of afternoon philanthropy.
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The Match-Maker
A witty dinner conversation in which Clovis decides it is time his mother thought about getting married.
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Tea
James Cushat-Prinkly reluctantly sets off for afternoon tea with the girl he intends to marry.
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The Music on the Hill
A couple apparently run into some ancient forces when they make the move to the country.
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The Threat
Sir Lulworth Quayne reflects on some of the enterprising but thwarted plans made by the Suffragettes to further their cause.
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The Bull
Two half-brothers - one a farmer, the other an artist - come to blows over their differing aesthetic viewpoints.
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The Schartz-Metterklume Method
When lady Carlotta is mistaken for the Quabarl's new governess, she takes it as an opportunity to try out a few of her own teaching methods.
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The Boar-Pig
The Stossens encounter more problems than expected when they try and crash a garden party through an apparently empty paddock.
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The Quest
The residents of the Villa Elsinore lose a baby. Then they find a baby. Then they find another baby.
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The Background
When Henri Deplis becomes the canvas for the final masterpiece of the great tatoo artist Andreas Pincini, he finds that life as a living work of art is far from easy.
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Louis
When his wife's dog begins to shift the balance of power in their relationship, Mr Strudwarden resolves to take extreme measures.
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The Mappined Life
On a visit to the zoo, an aunt and her niece discuss to what extent animals are fooled by the illusion of a natural habitat - and soon spot some parallels with their own lives.
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The Cupboard Of The Yesterdays
A Wanderer and a Merchant argue over the downsides to modern war.
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The Occasional Garden
The Baroness gives Elinor Rapsley some advice on dealing with her troublesome garden.
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The Image Of The Lost Soul
A sweet-voiced but lonely bird finds refuge with an isolated statue.
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Fate
A penniless young gentleman with a mildly successful gambling habit finds a 'sure thing' to put some serious money on.
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The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope
The terminally dull Septimus of Leighton Buzzard (editor of Cathedral monthly) appears to be having a clandestine affair with the maid of the aunt of Clovis.
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The Talking-Out of Tarrington
When an wholly unsuitable man tries to aquire invitations to an aunt's picnic, the task of putting him off is left to Clovis.
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Filboid Studge
An aspiring groom is given the task of designing an advertising campaign for the most disgusting cereal ever created.
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The Purple Of The Balkan Kings
Luitpold Wolkenstein, financier and diplomat, sits in a cafe in Vienna and contemplates news of the rise of the Balkan States.
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The Seven Cream Jugs
A family receive a visit from a newly wealthy relation - a man they had previously shunned due to his notorious character flaw.
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The Wolves Of Cernogratz
It is said that when a Cernogratz dies in the family castle, the wolves in the forest howl all night long ... but Baroness Gruebel, new owner of Cernogratz castle, is sceptical.
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The Stampeding of Lady Bastable
Lady Bastable is - quite rightly - reluctant to look after young Clovis for a week.
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Esme
Clovis is sceptical that the Baroness' hunting story will be as unusual as promised.
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The Lull
Mrs. Durmot invites the politician Latimer Springfield round, with the aim of taking his mind off the upcoming elections, a mission her niece Vera takes very seriously.
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Quail Seed
A small grocery store comes up with an ingenious way of competing with the big city shops.
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The Sheep
Rupert becomes increasingly hateful towards his incompetent brother-in-law to be.
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