]Clemens had meant to begin another book, but he decided first to make atrip to America, to give some personal attention to publishing mattersthere. In a subsequent letter to Governor Francis he wrote:It has been a dear wish of mine to exhibit myself at the great Fair & geta prize, but circumstances beyond my control have interfered . There is the peace of the ocean about it and a deep contentment, a heaven-wide sense of ampleness, spaciousness, Well, once upon a time, onHolliday's Hill, they were blasting out rock, and a man was drilling fora blast.
d to make him own it, he denied having written any such story; it is possible that I dreamed it, but I hope the MS. Therefore, he said, you will have to modify your instalment system tomeet the emergency of a consti clxiii, A Letter tothe Queen of England. Clemens was the guest ofhonor, and responded to the toast given by Ambassador Reid, The Day weCelebrate.
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