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 "This Duchess—I ain't quite sure uv 'er rank; She might uv been a Peeress. I dunno. I meets 'er 'usband first. 'E owns a bank, I 'eard, an' 'arf a dozen mints or so. A dinkum toff. 'E sez, 'Come 'ome with me An' 'ave some tea.'

"That's 'ow I met this Duchess Wot's-'er-name— Or Countess—never mind 'er moniker; I ain't no 'and at this 'ere title game— An' right away, I was reel pals with 'er. 'Now, tell me all about yer 'ome,' sez she, An' smiles at me.

"That knocks me out. I know it ain't no good Paintin' word-picters uv the things I done Out 'ome 'ere, barrackin' for Collin'wood, Or puntin' on the flat at Flemin'ton. I know this Baroness uv Wot-yeh-call Wants somethin' tall.

"I thinks reel 'ard; an' then I lets it go. I tells 'er, out at Richmond, on me Run— A little place uv ten square mile or so— I'm breedin' boomerangs; which is reel fun, When I ain't troubled by the wild Jonops That eats me crops.