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Romance at short notice was her speciality.

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“Romance at short notice was her speciality.”

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The closing sentence reveals Vera’s instant invention of another plausible story, turning the tale’s deception into a compact joke about her talent for improvisation.

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“The Open Window,” collected in Beasts and Super-Beasts, Project Gutenberg #269. The line follows Vera’s invented explanation for Framton Nuttel’s terrified departure; it is comic fictional narration about a deceptive storyteller.

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