Clemens had a passion for biography, and especially for autobiography,diaries, letters, and such intimate human history. Miss Herts obtained permission to play The Prince and thePauper, and Mark Twain agreed to become a sort of chief pa eyes and face alive with interest, he presented some new angleof thought in fresh picturesqueness of speech. What was his surprise, then, on the way tothe hotel in the carriage, when Clemens groaned and seemed writhing inspirit and said: Oh, Cable, I am demeaning myself.
It wasonly the smaller things of life that irritated him. His delightful humor is of the kind which dissipates and destroys national prejudices. I can't endure it any longer. I am a stenographer now and live at home, but I shall never forget how you helped me.
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