Misquote - A drabble in honour of Robert Burns

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Every last detail had been worked out, and many contingencies had been built in, yet the plan had still failed. U.N.C.L.E. had not been aware that their Thrush target had a wife, who was able to spirit him away from under their noses.

“I suppose it was true what Burns said,” Napoleon stated, with a sigh. “The best laid plans of mice and men, oft gan a-gley.”

“That isn’t quite correct, Mr Solo,” Waverly told him. “The line is ‘The best laid schemes o’ mice and men, gang aft a-gley’. Still, I take your point. We can’t win them all.”