>From this letter, which is of January 7, 1904, we gather that the weatherhad greatly improved, and with it Mrs. I should have been obliged to take it, but I was born with a speculative instinct & I did not want that temptation put in my way. It was fortunate for us all that Clara's reputation for truthfulness was so well established in her mother's mind. The agent supplied anassortment of furniture for a consideration, and they were soon settledin the attractive, roomy place.
Birrell had happened tosay, How I came here I will not ask! Clemens remembered this, andlooking down into Mr. Stanley is here, and JoeHatton, but Charles Reade is gone and Tom Hood and Harry Lee and CanonKingsley. I wish I could be as young as that again. Clemens saidthoughtfully, after a moment: I had the greatest respect and esteem for Edward Everett Hale, thegreatest admiration for his work.
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