The Lull" isthe classic short story.   Saki is  a    surprise ending  short story writer and the ending of "The Lull" was a great fun surprise.    Our central character is a very stressed out young man running for political office.    He has stopped for the night at the house of an aunt who sees he needs to badly forget politics for at least one night.     All the rest of the plot is part of the surprise so I will not spoil it.