W. Somerset Maugham
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first heard Sep 2026
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Came swimming below him.
and taking off her overcoat, laid it upon a rock.
She then turned up her eyes and
And sang a Methodist hymn.
No sooner did the brave Donedmundo hear it than he tore off his gorgeous clothes and cast himself headlong into the billows.
Lady Celia caught him dexterously by the waist in her mouth.
and swimming to the outer rock, sat up and softly bit him in halves.
She then laid the pieces tenderly in a conspicuous place, and
Put on her overcoat, and plunging into the waters was never seen more.
Many of the wild fabrications of the poets about her subsequent career, but to this day nothing authentic has turned up.
For some months strenuous efforts were made to recover the wicked lieutenant's body.
Every appliance which genius could invent and skill could wield was put in requisition.
Until one night the landlord, fearing these constant efforts might frighten away the seals, had the remains quietly removed and secretly interred.
End of chapter thirty three
Chapter thirty four of the Fiend's Delight
By Ambrose Bierce.
This Liebervox recording is in the public domain.
Recording by April six zero nine zero
Some fiction The Baffled Asian
One day in forty nine, an honest minor up in Calaveras County, California.
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