The Letters Of Mark Twain, Complete


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her and the butler talk together in their respective tongues, piecing  
out and patching up with the universal sign-language as they go  
along. Five languages in use in the house (including the  
sign-language-hardest-worked of them all) and yet with all this opulence  
of resource we do seem to have an uncommonly tough time making  
ourselves  
understood.  
What we lack is a cat. If we only had Germania! That was the most  
satisfactory all-round cat I have seen yet. Totally ungermanic in  
the raciness of his character and in the sparkle of his mind and the  
spontaneity of his movements. We shall not look upon his like again....  
S. L. C.  
Clemens got well settled down to work presently. He found the  
situation, the climate, the background, entirely suited to literary  
production, and in a little while he had accomplished more than at  
any other time since his arrival in Europe. From letters to Mrs.  
Crane and to Mr. Hall we learn something of his employments and his  
satisfaction.  
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