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years before he and Howells had worked into a play. The
brief letter in which he reported this news to Howells bears
no marks of depression, though the writer of it was in his
fifty-sixth year; he was by no means well, and his financial
prospects were anything but golden.
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To W. D. Howells, in Boston:
HARTFORD, Feb. 24, '91
DEAR HOWELLS,--Mrs. Clemens has been sick abed for near two weeks,
but
is up and around the room now, and gaining. I don't know whether she has
written Mrs. Howells or not--I only know she was going to--and will yet,
if she hasn't. We are promising ourselves a whole world of pleasure in
the visit, and you mustn't dream of disappointing us.
Does this item stir an interest in you? Began a novel four days ago, and
this moment finished chapter four. Title of the book:
"
Colonel Mulberry Sellers.
American Claimant
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