W. Somerset Maugham
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first heard Sep 2026
last heard 8 Sep
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Then looking down and tenderly smiling into the eyes of his wife, he said in
Is it not well, dear one?
With a face beaming all over with a new happiness, she replied.
Indeed it is, John.
Let's take a drink.
And they took one, she with sugar and he plain.
The spot is still pointed out to the traveller.
End of section four
Chapter five of the Fiend's Delight
By Ambrose Beers.
This Liebervox recording is in the public domain.
Recording by April six zero nine zero
The late Dowling Senior.
My friend Jacob Dowling Esquire had been spending the day very agreeably in his counting room with some companions, and at night retired to the domestic circle to ravel out some intricate accounts.
Seated at his parlour table he ordered his wife and children out of the room.
and addressed himself to business.
While clambering wearily up a column of figures, he felt upon his cheek the touch of something that seemed to cling clamily to the skin, like the caress of a naked oyster.
Thoughtfully setting down the result of his addition, so far as he had proceeded with it, he turned about and looked up.
I beg your pardon, sir.
said he, but you have not the advantage of my acquaintance.
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