The Penguin edition implies (but does not state) that these lines are
Kipling's own.
Best
Judith
In a message dated 14/05/00 11:37:51 GMT Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
<< Subj: Fw: Question
Date: 14/05/00 11:37:51 GMT Daylight Time
From: [log in to unmask] (John Radcliffe)
Sender: [log in to unmask]
Reply-to: [log in to unmask] (John Radcliffe)
To: [log in to unmask] (Kipling Mailbase)
Does anyone know the answer to Mr Thomas' question ?
Best regards, John R
-----Original Message-----
From: David Andrew Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 13 May 2000 18:52
Subject: Question
>Mr. Smith - I am an American presently residing in Ecuador, and and
>ardent Kipling fan. I am not a member of the Society, but was wondering
>if you could answer a question I have. In the classic "Kim" Kipling
>quotes from a poem entitled "The Prodigal Son" at the beginning of
>chapter 5. Could you tell me the source (author, etc.) of this
>quotation? It carries particular interest for me. Thank you - David A.
>Thomas, Guayaquil, Ecuador
>
----------------------- Headers --------------------------------
Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]>
Received: from rly-zd05.mx.aol.com (rly-zd05.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.229])
by air-zd04.mail.aol.com (v73.12) with ESMTP; Sun, 14 May 2000 06:37:50 -0400
Received: from mailout1.mailbase.ac.uk (mailout1.mailbase.ac.uk
[128.240.226.11]) by rly-zd05.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Sun, 14 May
2000 06:37:38 -0400
Received: from naga.mailbase.ac.uk (naga.mailbase.ac.uk [128.240.226.3])
by mailout1.mailbase.ac.uk (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA14674;
Sun, 14 May 2000 11:36:55 +0100 (BST)
Received: (from daemon@localhost)
by naga.mailbase.ac.uk (8.8.x/Mailbase) id LAA03327;
Sun, 14 May 2000 11:36:35 +0100 (BST)
Received: from anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net
[194.217.242.90])
by naga.mailbase.ac.uk (8.8.x/Mailbase) with ESMTP id LAA03316;
Sun, 14 May 2000 11:36:31 +0100 (BST)
Received: from fastmedia.demon.co.uk ([193.237.40.208] helo=dell)
by anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1)
id 12qvl2-0000Sr-0W
for [log in to unmask]; Sun, 14 May 2000 11:36:24 +0100
Message-ID: <001501b7e443$7ab4f7c0$d028edc1@dell>
Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 11:18:15 +0100
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4
Subject: Fw: Question
From: "John Radcliffe" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Kipling Mailbase" <[log in to unmask]>
X-List: [log in to unmask]
X-Unsub: To leave, send text 'leave rudyard-kipling' to
[log in to unmask]
X-List-Unsubscribe:
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "John Radcliffe" <[log in to unmask]>
Sender: [log in to unmask]
Errors-To: [log in to unmask]
Precedence: list
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>>
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
