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Though he's now best known as a writer, he made a living for years working in a branch of the civil service, and his job helped provide him with literary inspiration. Some people credit him with the invention of a certain useful, and later brightly-colored, convenience closely associated with his employment and with his country. Who was he, for what service did he work, and what is he said to have introduced?
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#68423. Asked by lanfranco. (Jul 18 06 4:10 PM)
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lanfranco
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And a silver mace (though perhaps it should be scarlet) to you, Maggie!
I'm rather interested in the notion that Trollope "dipped into the lost-letter box" for ideas.
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