While standing on a train platform, Lady Carlotta is mistaken for a newly-hired governess due to arrive. Impulsively she accepts the role, and proceeds to merrily bluff her new employers with a show of invented erudition, such as claiming she will teach history by the "Schartz-Metterklume Method."
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |
|
Beasts and Super-Beasts | John Lane Company | Collection | 97 |
| 1914 |
|
Beasts and Super-Beasts | John Lane, The Bodley Head | Collection | 97 |
| 1914 |
|
Beasts and Super-Beasts | Bell & Cockburn | Collection | 97 |
| September 1945 |
|
A Saki Sampler | Superior Reprint / The Military Service Publishing Co. | Collection | 77 |
| March 1965 |
|
Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 63 |
| March 1966 |
|
Incredible Tales | Dell | Collection | 24 |
| January 1968 |
|
Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 63 |
| September 1970 | Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 63 | |
| March 1971 | Modern Satiric Stories: The Impropriety Principle | Scott, Foresman and Company | Anthology | 193 | |
| August 1971 | Incredible Tales | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Collection | 24 | |
| January 1972 |
|
Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 63 |
| December 1974 |
|
Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 63 |
| 1976 |
|
The Complete Works of Saki | Doubleday | Omnibus | 283 |
| 1978 | Short Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 171 | |
| 1982 | The Complete Saki | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 283 | |
| 1983 |
|
The Best of Saki | Picador | Collection | 164 |
| 1985 | Short Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 171 | |
| 1993 |
|
The Complete Stories of Saki | Wordsworth Editions | Omnibus | 202 |
| May 1995 | Beasts and Super-Beasts | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| May 1998 |
|
The Complete Saki | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 283 |
| October 2000 |
|
Saki: The Complete Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 283 |