The Letters Of Mark Twain, Complete


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fifteen minutes, sometimes I can do it in an hour.  
Sincerely yours,  
S. L. CLEMENS.  
Mem. My charge is 2 boxes free. Not the choicest--sell the choicest, and  
give me any 6-seat boxes you please.  
S. L. C.  
I want Fred Grant (in uniform) on the stage; also the rest of the  
officials of the Association; also other distinguished people--all the  
attractions we can get. Also, a seat for Mr. Albert Bigelow Paine, who  
may be useful to me if he is near me and on the front.  
S. L. C.  
The seat chosen for the writer of these notes was to be at the front  
of the stage in order that the lecturer might lean over now and then  
and pretend to be asking information concerning Fulton. I was not  
entirely happy in the thought of this showy honor, and breathed more  
freely when this plan was abandoned and the part assigned to General  
Grant.  
The lecture was given in Carnegie Hall, which had been gayly  
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