Author Somerset Maugham

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The bolt is a godsend for a spy. But fish should be feared, especially such exotic.

"...- Electricity..." mutters the father-in-house, looking blankly at his plate. "And in my opinion, electric lighting is just a scam. They'll put a corner in there and think to take your eyes off! No, brother, if you give me the lights, you're not going to be a corner, but something substantial, something incendiary, something incendiary, that has something to do! You let the fire go, you know? a fire that is natural, not mental..."

First published in December 1930 in the journal International Megasin, it is included in the collection "Six Stories in the First Person."