
Rudyard Kipling · English
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Rudyard Kipling · English
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Preface To THE ADDRESS OF CAPTAIN J. MAFFLIN, Duke of Derry's (Pink) Hussars. DEAR MAFFLIN,—You will remember that I wrote this story as an Awful Warning. None the less you have seen fit to disregard it and have followed Gadsby's example—as I betted you would. I acknowledge that you paid the money at once, but you have prejudiced the mind of Mrs. Mafflin against myself, for though I am almost the only respectable friend of

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