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I do not know why I have not said before that he smokedcontinually during these dictations--probably as an aid to thought--though he smoked at most other times, for that matter. He had become a sort of general spokesman on publicmatters, and demands were made upon him which could not be denied. Thesecompanionships became one of the happiest aspects of his final days, aswe shall see by and by. Their rooms, a corner suite, looked out on apretty green square, the Merzimplatz, and down on the Franz Josef quay.

TheKnights of Labor organization, then very powerful, seemed to Clemens thesalvation of oppressed humanity. Mark Twain gave a Farewell Lecture at Carnegie Hall for the benefit ofthe Robert Fulton Memorial Association. I know the Thayers of old--manifestly there is no lack of attractions up there. She had kissed his hand, he said, when they parted, for she had a severecold and would not wish to impart it to him; then happily she had saidgood night, and he had not seen her again.