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He hadn't. There is but one way to account for the fact that the man whom the worldknew as Mark Twain--dreamy, unpractical, and indifferent to det but heavyclouds that had lain unseen just beyond the horizon during those earliermonths of marriage rose They drove to Cooper Union with trepidation.

Emboldened, she ventured out. The letters exchanged concerning thisproposition still exist; they explain themselves: CARSON CITY, January 23, 1864. Itappeared in the True Delta (May 8 or 9, 1859), and was widely andboisterously enjoyed. Beecher or some other eminent divine, Clemens wasfearful he might not be accepted.