[Vendome]

From Barrack Room Ballads

I have made for you a song,
And it may be right or wrong,
But only you can tell me if it’s true;
I have tried for to explain
Both your pleasure and your pain,
And, Thomas, here’s my best respects to you!

O there’ll surely come a day
When they’ll give you all your pay,
And treat you as a Christian ought to do;
So, until that day comes round,
Heaven keep you safe and sound,
And, Thomas, here’s my best respects to you!

[Vendome]

30!

[Rashputin]

Another worthwhile line from Kipling :
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke

From, "The Betrothed".