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Pluffles was a subaltern in the "Unmentionables." He was callow, even for a subaltern. He was callow all over—like a canary that had not finished fledging itself. The worst of it was he had three times as much money as was good for him; Pluffles' Papa being a rich man and Pluffles being the only son. Pluffles' Mamma adored him. She was only a little less callow than Pluffles and she believed everything he said.

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What Pluffles had intended to do in the matter of the engagement only Mrs.Reiver knew, and she kept her own counsel to her death. She would have liked it spoiled as a compliment, I fancy. There was never any scandal—she had not generous impulses enough for that. She was the exception which proved the rule that Anglo-Indian ladies are in every way as nice as their sisters at Home. She spent her life in proving that rule. Mrs.Hauksbee and she hated each other fervently. They hated far too much to clash; but the things they said of each other were startling—not to say original. Mrs.Hauksbee was honest—honest as her own front-teeth—and, but for her love of mischief, would have been a woman's woman, There was no honesty about Mrs.Reiver; nothing but selfishness. And at the beginning of the season, poor little Pluffles fell a prey to her. She laid herself out to that end, and who was Pluffles to resist? He went on trusting to his judgment, and he got judged. Interpol Calling 1 9 5 9 - 1 9 6 0 (UK) 39 x 25 minute episodes Inspectors Duval and Mornay worked for… Mrs.Hauksbee wanted to keep him under her wing to the last. Therefore she discountenanced his going down to Bombay to get married. "Goodness only knows what might happen by the way!" she said. "Pluffles is cursed with the curse of Reuben, and India is no fit place for him!"The series failed to captivate the viewing public and there was criticism, too, about the inaccuracies in the production: cavalrymen were shown wearing infantry caps and uniforms only worn for ceremonial parades, while officers’ insignia of rank were shown on the epaulettes of their tunics when they should have been worn on the sleeve (pips on the epaulettes were not adopted in 1919). Then she sent Pluffles out for a walk, to think over what she had said. Pluffles left, blowing his nose very hard and holding himself very straight. Mrs.Hauksbee laughed.

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Late Night Theatre 1 9 7 2 - 1 9 7 4 (UK) 44 x 30 minute episodes This ITV drama anthology series was…The Rescue of Pluffles" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. Its first appearance in book form was in Kipling's first collection of short stories, Plain Tales from the Hills (1888); it was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on November 20, 1886. It centres on Mrs Hauksbee, and begins This particular engagement lasted seven weeks—we called it the Seven Weeks' War—and was fought out inch by inch on both sides. A detailed account would fill a book, and would be incomplete then. Any one who knows about these things can fit in the details for himself. It was a superb fight—there will never be ​another like it as long as Jakko stands—and Pluffles was the prize of victory. People said shameful things about Mrs.Hauksbee. They did not know what she was playing for. Mrs.Reiver fought partly because Pluffles was useful to her, but mainly because she hated Mrs.Hauksbee and the matter was a trial of strength between them. No one knows what Pluffles thought. He had not many ideas at the best of times, and the few he possessed made him conceited. Mrs.Hauksbee said:—"The boy must be caught; and the only way of catching him is by treating him well." It is necessary to say how Mrs. Hauksbee can be 'nice', after the story " Three and - an Extra" which introduced her to Kipling's readers as a woman predatory on another's husband.)