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What A World It Might Be Poem And War Tale Collide
A fragmentary excerpt blends a romantic meditation on a better world with a long humorous wartime tale. Captain Marmaduke Smith recounts a perilous Badajoz escape and a comic misadventure smuggling Coralie in a chest aided by Jeannette, a Spanish landlady, and a witty Frenchwoman.
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Chailles
Marmaduke Smith
Iis
Tape
Coralie Dufour
Monsieur
Madame Dufour
Paris
Badajoz
Smith
Mr. Smit
Phillipon
Vietwaling Department
Napoleon
Voltigeurs
Victor
Gredin
Mr. Tape
Pape
Spain
Ciudad Rodrigo
Al‘ee
Corps-De-Garde
Ile
Neded
Anned
Jan
Juan Sanchez
Leanne
Mr. Smith
Lord Wellington
Massena
Soult
Fool's Paradise
Quenily
Hadajoz
Coralie
Badajor
Waas
Wistor
Jeannette
Simish
Jeanette
Brendy
Cora
Agsameddi
Ani
Guuth
Ventura
Badstoz
Ryan
Feannette
Caralic
Mr. Tago
Vietor
Brady
Captain Smith
Jezebel
Loraie
Helf
Laag