To W. A. Turner
3 November 1872 • London, England
(MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 00827)

The Langham Hotel,
Nov. 3.

Dear Sir:1

My time is so occupied that I cannot venture to trench upon it [ lie literarily]. Pray [overlook] my delay in answering—I have been away from the city.

Ys Truly

S. L. Clemens.

And please excuse the pencil—no ink in my room.

[in ink:] W. A. Turner Esq | The Laurels, Pendleton, | Manchester. [postmarked:] london • w 2 no 4 72 [docketed in ink:] Mark Twain | [flourish]

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1 Turner has not been identified.

Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

MS, Cyril Clemens Collection, Mark Twain House, Hartford (CtHMTH).

Previous publication: L5, 212–213.

Provenance:donated to CtHMTH in 1984 by Cyril Clemens.

Emendations and textual notes:

lie literarily • lieterarily

overlook • over|look