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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20040914
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QUESTION Rudyard Kipling dedicated Plain Tales From The Hills, his collection of short stories about 19th-century Anglo-India, to 'the wittiest woman in India'. Who was she?

I WOULD be surprised if the identity of this lady ever emerged, apart from the fact that she spent her summers at Simla. Kipling gave a broad hint as to her name, while respecting her anonymity, by calling her Mrs Hauksbee.

This reference appears on the fifth page of the Kidnapped tale in which he asks his readers if they remember 'Mrs Hauksbee - the most wonderful woman in India. . .

Never - no, ...

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