The Monkey´s Paw
by W. W. JACOBS
W.W. Jacobs / La pata de mono (A Short Story in Spanish)
W.W. Jacobs / A pata do macaco (A Short Story in Portuguese)
W.W. Jacobs / La pata de mono (A Short Story in Spanish)
W.W. Jacobs / A pata do macaco (A Short Story in Portuguese)
WITHOUT, THE
NIGHT was cold and wet, but in the small parlor of Lakesnam Villa the blinds
were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess, the
former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting
his king into suchm sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment
from the whitehaired old lady knitting placidly by the fire.
"Hark
at the wind," said Mr. White, who, having seen a fatal mistake after it
was too late, was amiably desirous of preventing his son from seeing it.
"I'm
listening," said the latter, grimly surveying the board as he stretched
out his hand. "Check."
"I
should hardly think that he'd come tonight," said his father, with his
hand poised over the board.
"Mate,"
replied the son.