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Most esteemed Archduke, permit me, though but a humble and rustic slave, to lay before you my most sincere yet audacious refusal, well aware that such boldness may provoke your displeasure, and perhaps even that of your most exalted superiors. The orange feline of which Your Grace makes boast is, alas, no stranger to me; for I too have long been plagued by that same accursed creature, a beast of endless mischief, whose company I have unwillingly endured through many weary years. On account of this unhappy circumstance, I find myself unable to disclose my particulars unto Your Lordship