Saki himself loved that title, I think, since the narrator references the mystery of its creation in the text of the story itself:
'And one day, out of Heaven knows what material, he spun the beast a wonderful name'.
My guess, and of course it's a guess, is that this happened in the inception of the story too. Can't you just feel the hairs standing up on the arm of the author, a moment of perfection descends upon him like Grace.
Saki himself loved that title, I think, since the narrator references the mystery of its creation in the text of the story itself:
'And one day, out of Heaven knows what material, he spun the beast a wonderful name'.
My guess, and of course it's a guess, is that this happened in the inception of the story too. Can't you just feel the hairs standing up on the arm of the author, a moment of perfection descends upon him like Grace.
I love the story, and the title too.
Thank you for this!