Wonderful!

ML

She slipped him some cash to compensate for the ridicule

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Agreed!

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Thank you for your kind words.... deeply appreciated

Saki wrote great funny short storied.

Does “Romance at short notice was her speciality” ring a bell? The Open Window by Saki

That’s interesting. Thanks for letting us know.

True!

Spoiler!

Yes so did I... a gentleman when needed

Really, you don’t say…how perspicacious of you!

Very.

Yo lo acabo de descubrir y me encantó este cuento.

Hay un autor poco conocido. Su pseudónimo es Saki y sus relatos son extraños pero divertidos.

​@@LyrielonwindYes Saki is.as good as you say. However Saki is a pwn name, his real name is H.H. Munroe.

It is not him.

I think it's AI. It's quite good for AI but some of the intonation isn't quite right in my opinion.

AI

No. Not all.

If you read my reaction, you might guess, or get an idea 😂

The wife had told her husband that her pearls were imitation pearls. The husband has a “poorly-paid job in the American Consulate.” Mr. Colada, seeing the wife’s pearls, bets the husband that they are real.… As he examines the pearls, Mr. Colada, who is a pearl specialist, sees that they are, indeed, real. …He is just about to announce his triumph when he sees the terrified & begging look on the wife’s face, as she looks at him…He then swallows his pride, and pronounces them “frauds”….(The inference is that the pearls were a gift to the wife from a lover-that was the reason for her frightened look)…. Mr. C showed himself to be honorable by keeping her secret.…The wife was honorable for returning the 100£ note to Mr. C (and Mr. C ends by making a joke about the “foolishness” of leaving such a pretty, young wife all alone for a year-as her husband had done)….

Mr. Kalata claimed to be a true born Englishman. However, to be a true Englishman one must prove it, not with a passport but with conduct that is "cricket." Like a true Englishman, he had a code he lived by. In that code it was better to be known as a know-it-all and take any personal disparagements onto his own shoulders, than to be a gossip which would put disparagement onto other people. As a pearl merchant, he was quite right about the value and cost of the pearl necklace. Evidently Mrs. Ramsey had had an affair in New York while her obese husband was away for a year in Kobe, England. The real pearl necklace was a gift from her lover, but she told her husband that she bought them from a department store for $18.00. Mr. Kalata was about to prove himself to be right about the necklace, when he saw the distress on Mrs. Ramsey's face. A true English gentleman puts the happiness of a woman above his own ego about being right. Therefore, he decided to cover her indiscretion by "losing" the bet. In gratitude, Mrs. Ramsey returned the L100 note in an envelope she was careful to address in block capitals to prevent her handwriting from ever being identified. However, Mr. Kalata tore the envelop into small bits and had the pieces thrown out of the portal and into the sea. Proving that he was a true English gentleman.

It’s a wonderful short story. I enjoyed reading it much more.

​@@Shineon83Bingo!

Ah ..... you despise SM bc he’s a racist and classist, in your opinion. But your vicious homophobia is nothing like that, right?! 😄

Oh dear….

He did not. She gave it.

Listen to the story again. You'll understand 🤗

For a start she Sent the 100! Max took a dive (the Pearls were real) loosing the bet like an English gentleman to avoid the potential embarrassment (or worse) to the wife!

It was probably " the pretty little thing" don't you think!

@@brunovanhove1832 yes

The necklace was real and very expensive perhaps she spent her husband's money on it, or worse, she had a lover in New York for that year that bought it as a gift for her. My guess is it's the latter😊

@@GeorgeNeofotistos I coudn't have said it any better.

Please don’t consider yourself dumb just because you “don’t get it”. I believe the story was written to show that even arrogant, unlikeable people can be kind given the right circumstances. We begin heartily disliking the fellow, but immediately change when he recognizes the young lady’s predicament and willingly suffers humiliation from the other passengers in order to protect her secret. Out of gratitude, she returns his money. What I find interesting is that she knew his first name.

The pearls were real and Max was an English gentleman after all.

@@GeorgeNeofotistosShe def had a lover. That is the entire point of Mr. Colada’s closing line in the story

The arrogant guy had enough empathy to not suggest it. He proved to be a gentleman and not a women hater.

The beauty is in Mr Know All's acting on his worldly wisdom with subtle presence of mind and compassion. He really was Mr Know All in the best possible way.

Go back to your Harry Potters dear.