His reading tour with Cable, the greatsale of Huck Finn, the prospect of the Grant book, were rosy realities. To this Clemens replied: STORMFIELD, REDDING, CONN, June 5, 1909. That fact of the business is you've got to be one of two ages to appreciate Scott. During a momentbetween the courses, when he left the table and was taking his exercisein the farther room, she made some remark which suggested a doubt of herfather's gift for social management.
She was always hoping to catch me without it, but I always defeated that game--wherefore she came to recognize at last that I was not only old, but very smart. I can begin now. Clemens, before I went there, took care of his desk, but little by little I began to look after it when she was busy at other things. ere, where the pressure would have been far less terrific than it was with us in Fifth Avenue.
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