Perhaps itdid, for he slept soundly that night--a great blessing. Asit was, he accepted many more dinners than he could eat, and presentlyfell into the habit of arriving when the banqueting was about over andthe after-dinner speaking about to begin. Wonderful that so much cleanliness should come out of such a phenomenally dirty house. The World's Fairyear promised to be what it speedily became--one of the hardest financialperiods this country has ever seen.
Two days later they were off again,sailing over the serene Pacific, bearing to the southwest for Australia. So Howells, Colonel Harvey, Martin Littleton, Augustus Thomas, RobertPorter, and Paderewski were invited. Clemens was summoned to the death-bed of her ownmother, in Elmira. The Emperor was used to this atmosphere, and it did not chill his blood; maybe it was an inspiration to him, for he was al
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