ite serge suit, with the light from the jet shining down on the crown of his silver hair, making it gleam and glisten like frosted threads. ne act out of a hundred to one intention, and get the thing right every time, when there was such abundant choice among acts and intentions. Finally, with a regular thunder-blast, he seized the cue withboth hands and literally mowed the balls across the table, landing one ortwo of them on the floor. Sometimes he rose, walkingthe length of the parlors, his step timed to the music and his thought.
He liked to discuss any man's profession with him, and inhis talks with Flagg he made a sincere effort to get that insight whichwould enable him to appreciate the old masters. --[Howells in his book My Mark Twain speaks ofClemens's white clothing as an inspiration which few men would have hadthe courage to act upon. It was Mark Twain's wayto warm to the man of the lower social rank. So it was we planned, and by and by Mr.
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