"Egbert and his wife, the Lady Anne, are having tea, or attempting to, in the dimness of a late winter afternoon. I say 'attempting to' because Lady Anne is not touching her tea and in fact is not responding to any of Egbert's entreaties to heal the breach that he thinks a luncheon disagreement has brought about. He is conciliatory. He is apologetic. Finally, a thoroughly abashed Egbert fires a parting shot—'Aren't we being very silly?'—and marches off to dress for dinner and hope for a thaw. The cat seizes the opportunity to leap up on the bookshelf and harass the caged bullfinch but '...Lady Anne made no sign of interfering. She had been dead for two hours.'" (Jerome Shea)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 |
|
Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches | Methuen | Collection | 7 |
| September 1945 |
|
A Saki Sampler | Superior Reprint / The Military Service Publishing Co. | Collection | 4 |
| March 1966 |
|
Incredible Tales | Dell | Collection | 49 |
| August 1971 | Incredible Tales | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Collection | 49 | |
| 1976 |
|
The Complete Works of Saki | Doubleday | Omnibus | 46 |
| 1978 | Short Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 85 | |
| 1982 | The Complete Saki | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 46 | |
| 1983 |
|
The Best of Saki | Picador | Collection | 15 |
| 1985 | Short Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 85 | |
| 1993 |
|
The Complete Stories of Saki | Wordsworth Editions | Omnibus | 35 |
| May 1998 |
|
The Complete Saki | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 46 |
| August 1999 | Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| October 2000 |
|
Saki: The Complete Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 46 |