Clemens kept grinding steadily at the book, for it was to be a very largevolume--larger than he had ever written before. Once, as he was about to enter the screen-door that led intothe hall, two of the kittens ran up in front of him and stood waiting. It would be translated into every language which was anywhere written or printed; it would be circulated literally in every country of the globe. ed, We know what we are and howwe look, and the fanciful picture presented to our eyes gives us onlyfood for laughter, not cause for resentment.
kee's impression of the curious country and its people,ending with the battle of the Sun-belt, when the Yank Mark Twain's account of the Jubilee probably satisfied most readers; butJames Tufts, then managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner, had arathe hundred imaginedcombinations for betterment--these things intermingled with the usualbits of philosophy and reflections, and amusing reminders. Clara could tell her large improbabilities without exciting any suspicion, whereas if I tried to market even a small and simple one the case would have been different.
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