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ClaraClemens took charge of the household and matters generally, and thepatient was secluded and guarded from every disturbing influence. This is by far and away the most marvelous invention ever contrived by man. It was all fine and interesting. The next entry records the third death in the Clemens family within aperiod of eight months--that of Mrs.

[See the preface to the Autobiography of Mark Twain : 'I am writing from the grave. We were close comrades-inseparables, in fact-for eight days. The days began and ended in tranquillity. The story of the river revisited is aninteresting theme; and if the revisiting had been done, let us say eightor te