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Who is The Colonel from Collected Stories and what is their importance? Collected-Stories English & Literature The Colonel | Collected Stories
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Identified only as "the colonel," he is the man who as a longstanding affair with Mrs. Bixby, the wife of a dentist in New York City. When he breaks off the affair, he gives her a mink coat that becomes the focus of this story of double betrayal.