W. Somerset Maugham
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He simply remarked, You're a fool, and emptied the bottle at a gulp.
And now, resumed he, you will confer a favour I shall highly appreciate, by removing your feet from my tail.
There was a slight shock of earthquake, and all the skeletons in sight arose to their feet, stretched themselves, and yawned audibly.
Without moving from his seat, the old gentleman wrapped the nearest one across the skull with his gold headed cane, and they all curled away to sleep again.
Sire, I resumed, indulge me in the impertinence of inquiring your business here at this hour.
My business is none of yours, retorted he, calmly.
What are you up to yourself?
I've been picking up some bones, I replied carelessly.
Then you are I am a ghoul.
My good friend, you do me injustice.
You have doubtless read very frequently in the newspapers of the fiend in human shape, whose actions and way of life are so generally denounced.
Sire, you see before you that maligned party.
There was a quick jerk under the soles of my feet, which pitched me prone upon the ground.
Scrambling up I saw the old gentleman vanishing behind in adjacent sand hill as if the devil were after him.
End of chapter thirty one
Chapter thirty two of the Fiend's Delight by Ambrose Beerce.
This Librevox recording is in the public domain.
Recording by April six zero nine zero
Some fiction
The mistake of a life.
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