To Olivia L. Clemens
7 December 1873 • London, England
(MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 00993)

Dec. 7.

Livy darling, I love you. I went thro’ a [rehearsal ] of my “Roughing It” lecture to-day (Sunday) & it seems to be all right. I think I shall enjoy delivering it. This is fatiguing work, my love—but in a day or two I hope I shall get to writing you regularly again. Did you never get a telegram from me at Queenstown? I sent one.1

Bliss must hurry up the book if I am to [copyright ] it here.2 I love you.

Samℓ.

Mrs. Samℓ. L. Clemens | Hartford | Conn [in upper left corner:] America. | [flourish] [postmarked:] london-w 7 de 8 73 [and] new [ york dec 20 paid all]

Explanatory Notes | Textual Commentary

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1 See 10 and 17 Nov 73 to OLC, n. 5.

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2 The Gilded Age. See 22 Dec 73 to OLC (2nd), n. 2.

Description of Texts and Provenance

Source text(s):

MS, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (CU-MARK).

Previous publication: L5, 495; LLMT, 364, brief paraphrase.

Provenance:see Samossoud Collection in Description of Provenance.

Emendations and textual notes:

rehearsal • rehearslsal

copyright • copy-|right

york dec 20 paid all • yor[k] dec [20 p ]ll [badly inked]