An Evil Jest single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1891... 1891 An Evil Jest
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Honour among British soldiers in romance. Tale of a callous ungentlemanly English officer who proposes to a trusting girl for a bet at a Scottish hydropathic (health spa) - and then breaks off the engagement. His dishonourable actions are discovered by his regiment and he is obliged to resign his commission. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 27 no. 316 September 1891 Z1037080 1891 periodical issue 1891 pg. 16-19
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