They made the journey on the 16th, in nine and a half hours. He had not been writing, though he had scribbled some playful valentinesand he had amused himself one day by preparing a chapter of advice--form upon reflection, held my peace. >From the note-book: Friday, March 20, 1885.
]It was the highest compliment he could have paid, for it showed that hehad read, and had remembered all those years. By and by he handed me the Saturday Times Review, saying: Here is a fine poem, a great poem, I think. Without going further it is proper to say here that the pictures in thefirst edition of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court justifiedthe author's faith in the artist of his selection. He said, at last, that at various times through his life he had beenpreparing some autobiographical matter, but that he had tired of theundertaking, and had put it aside.
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