' Rupert let her cry for a few minutes, then made her laugh by putting his black tie on Gertrude. 'You probably think I'm the biggest shit in the world. Clemens himself,reading it for the first time in nearly thirty years, said: I find it gross, coarse--well, I needn't go on with particulars. Don't worry, I'll see your name's kept out of the papers.
Certainly it was the larger faith; thoughthe moment must always come when the narrower, nearer, more humanlyprotecting arm of orthodoxy lends closer comfort. How breathlessly interesting is the tale of it! We mayimagine that first little audience at Mark Twain's fireside hangingexpectant on every paragraph, hungry always for more. He grinned as he put down the receiver. You'll leak it to Private Eye and discredit Corinium even further.
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