Author’s Preface
Gathered together here are a few stories, quickly jotted down, with the sole intention of not taking up too much of the reader’s precious time. By this I do not mean that these tales merit less attention, nor that they lack insight and style. I mean only that these pages, compiled by a kindly publisher, are the most unambitious stories in the world.
I take this opportunity to thank the critics and the public for the generous welcome they gave my first novel, born some time ago now. Work of other kinds has so far prevented me from finishing another, but one will appear in due course.