"the-daughter-of-the-regiment" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kipling Rudyard)

his promotion I sez to him, "Slane," sez I, "to-morrow 'twill be
insubordinashin av me to chastise you; but, by the sowl av Ould
Pummeloe, who is now in glory, av you don't give me your wurrud to ask
Jhansi McKenna at wanst, I'll peel the flesh off yer bones wid a brass
huk to-night. 'Tis a dishgrace to B Comp'ny she's been single so
long!" sez I. Was I goin' to let a three-year-ould preshume to
discoorse wid me- my will bein' set? No! Slane wint an' asked her.
He's a good bhoy is Slane. Wan av these days he'll get into the
Com'ssariat an' dhrive a buggy wid his- savin's. So I provided for
Ould Pummeloe's daughter; an' now you go along an' dance agin wid
her.'
{DAUGHTER_OF_THE_REGIMENT ^paragraph 35}
And I did.
I felt a respect for Miss Jhansi McKenna; and I went to her
wedding later on.
Perhaps I will tell you about that one of these days.
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