cigars, he says; I was smoking4 1/2c. Clemens did not show much interest in the prospect, butwhen the work was uncovered he became enthusiastic. Clam here sick--never well since June 5. Grant found the society of Mark Twain cheering and comforting, andClemens held himself in readiness to go to the dying man at call.
Was he always really tranquil within, he says, or was he onlyexternally so--for effect? We cannot know; we only know that his rusticbench under his favorite oak has no bark on its arms. Sitting in that royal bed, clad in that rich fashion, he easily conveyedthe impression of royalty, and watching him through He was quite full of the idea just at themoment when the billiard table was being installed. ious to persuade a Chinaman or an Indian or a Kanaka to desert hischurch or a fellow-American to desert his party.
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