Ah, I'm afraid it's worse than that. The "Sir" gives it away. He's one of ours. <sigh> I guess the mores of the time were considerably different. I need to look up his prose; I hope it's more graceful and inspired than his poetry.

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EDIT: Still a neat collection of stories though. A time capsule in some ways; but in others, an affirmation of the essentials that still apply.