"Laura," said her brother Egbert, stirring his tea with the air of a man who had long abandoned hope of finding a clean spoon, "you cannot go to the funerals of people you have never met."
Julian smiled—a gentle, infuriating smile. "You cannot divorce me for loving you." laura by saki pdf
"Watch me," said Laura. The divorce was swift, scandalous, and deeply satisfying to Egbert, who attended the proceedings with a small bag of peppermints and an expression of vindicated gloom. Laura cited "fundamental incompatibility of temperament," which was technically true. Julian did not contest. He had, he told the judge, "come to believe in the possibility of redemption," which Laura noted down for future use as evidence of insanity. "Laura," said her brother Egbert, stirring his tea