Dedication

The French humorist Alphonse Allais (1854–1905), once dedicated one of his short stories as follows:

To the only woman I love and who knows it well.

... with the following footnote:

This is a very convenient dedication that I cannot recommend too warmly to my fellow writers. It costs nothing, and can, all at once, please five or six persons.

I can take a piece of wise advice when I meet one.

STÉPHANE FAROULT

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