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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling: little lathe at his cottage, and so - and so - Rene took to being with
Jerry much more than I approved of. The Hall is so big and empty
when Dad's away, and I will not sit with old Amoore -she talks so
horridly about every one - specially about Rene.
'I was rude to Rene, I'm afraid; but I was properly served out
for it. One always is. You see, Dad went down to Hastings to pay
his respects to the General who commanded the brigade there,
and to bring him to the Hall afterwards. Dad told me he was a
very brave soldier from India - he was Colonel of Dad's Regiment,
the Thirty-third Foot, after Dad left the Army, and then he
changed his name from Wesley to Wellesley, or else the other way
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