 Throughout the Raffles stories patriotism runs as an intermittent theme — to such an extent that the writer William Vivian Butler describes him as a " super @-@ patriot " . In the course of the short story " A Jubilee Present " Raffles , celebrating Queen Victoria 's diamond jubilee , steals a gold cup from the British Museum and sends it to the queen , telling Manders that " we have been ruled over for sixty years by infinitely the finest monarch in the world " . In " The Knees of the Gods " , Raffles volunteers for service in the Second Boer War , changing his name and hair colour — he jokes to Manders that he is prepared to " dye for his country " — and he later confesses his true identity to his superiors in order to unmask a spy . 
 Throughout the Raffles stories patriotism runs as an intermittent theme — to such an extent that the writer William Vivian Butler <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>describes</mark></a> him as a " super @-@ patriot " . In the course of the short story " A Jubilee Present " Raffles , celebrating Queen Victoria <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>diamond jubilee , <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>steals</mark></a> a gold cup from the British Museum and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>sends</mark></a> it to the queen , telling Manders that " we <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>have</mark></a> been ruled over for sixty years by infinitely the finest monarch in the world " . In " The Knees of the Gods " , Raffles volunteers for service in the Second Boer War , changing his name and hair colour — he <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>jokes</mark></a> to Manders that he is prepared to " dye for his country " — and he later <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>confesses</mark></a> his true identity to his superiors in order to unmask a spy . 
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