Well, that is most interesting, but it isn't as strong a motive as seeking revenge for her mother's death. The exchange of those two letters marked the beginning of one of the mostnotable publishing connections in American literary history. Over there. and so on, at length.
Butthis plan was not a success; the social stress of London had been toomuch for Mrs. Sorry, I was thinking of something else. But this is probably apocryphal; there is too much Mark Twain in it. He's conscious.
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