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Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. George Orwell called him a "prophet of British imperialism". He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children, and he also was the first to use Cockney dialect in serious poetry.
"Miss Youghal's Sais" is a short story in Kipling's collection «Plain Tales from the Hills». It is the first appearance in book form of the fictional character Strickland. Strickland, a policeman who is regarded as disreputable for his habits in going undercover disguised as a native, falls in love with Miss Youghal. Her parents do not approve, not only are "ways and works" untrustworthy, but he works in "the worst paid Department in the Empire." Will be the couple happy together or this story has no happy ending?
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