In a story by this author, a boy pretends that a woman trapped in a rain-water tank is the Devil when she offers him strawberry jam in return for help. In another story by this author, a girl claims that the protagonist once hid in an empty grave while being hunted by wild dogs near the Ganges. This author’s story “The Lumber Room” appears in the collection Beasts and Superbeasts alongside a story in which a woman pretending to be a governess makes children act out the rape of the Sabine women. A boy (10[1])sings “Bertie, why do you bound” in a story by this author that ends with the sentence “Romance at short notice was her speciality.” In that story by this author, Vera pretends that a group of returning hunters are ghosts to scare Framton Nuttle. For 10 points, name this humorous Edwardian author of “The Open Window.” ■END■ (10[1])