It was a letter from a man who had but recently gone through almostprecisely the experience narrated in the tale. The new book progressed amazingly. It was a symbol of their reduced circumstances--of the change thattwenty-five years had brought. The Gabrilowitsches were by this time in Europe, and Clemens cabled themnot to come.
His hands were sofair and shapely; the palms and finger-tips as pink as those of a child. I have just been examining Chapter LXX of Following the Equator to see if the Boer's old military effectiveness is holding out. He might as well have come over here in his shirt-tail. Clemens has not as much courage as I wish he had, but, poor old darling, he has been pursued with colds and inabilities of various sorts.
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