The Wager Won single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1896... 1896 The Wager Won
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A wager between the Russian Empress and the French ambassador is settled when he succeeds in smuggling lace into the country inside a mechanical dog. Courtly civility etc. Slight. (PB)

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