In one of this author's stories, the protagonist is enraged when his "Anabaptist" Houdan hen is sold and chants a hymn with the lyric, "His enemies called for peace, but he brought them death.
In one of this author's stories, the protagonist is enraged when his "Anabaptist" Houdan hen is sold and chants a hymn with the lyric, "His enemies called for peace, but he brought them death." That story ends with the implied death of Mrs. de Ropp at the hands of the title creature. This author concluded one story with the line, "Romance at short notice was her specialty;" in another of his stories, the child Conradin worships a polecat ferret. In his most famous story, Vera Sappleton claims that three of her relatives were swallowed into a bog on a hunting trip to scare off Framton Nuttel. For 10 points, name this author of comic short stories like "Sredni Vashtar" and "The Open Window."
In one of this author's stories, the protagonist is enraged when his "Anabaptist" Houdan hen is sold and chants a hymn with the lyric, "His enemies called for peace, but he brought them death.
Saki [or Hector Hugh Munro]