WhenI read it, now, it seems entirely silly; but when I see it on the stageit is exceedingly funny. The drive was most beautiful, and never in my life have I seen such a variety of wild flowers in so short a space. Their gambolsalways amused him. Howells was not especially eager to go, and tried to conspire withClemens to arrange some excuse which would keep them at home.
He offered a twentieth or a hundredth ora thousandth part of the enterprise for varying sums, ranging from onethousand to one hundred thousand dollars. Twichell has reported Mark Twain's meeting with the Prince (later EdwardVII) as having come about by special request of the latter, made throughthe British ambassador. The Sun declared thatthey could not be pictured even verbally. When applying for a ticket avoid trying to make conversation.
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