THE MAN WITH THE SCAR, a Short Story by Somerset Maugham

n W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Man with the Scar," a narrator recounts his encounter with a man bearing a prominent scar on his face in a small bar in Central America. The man, named José, once led a revolutionary uprising but was captured and sentenced to be executed. José's scar was inflicted by a...... won't reveal more here.