Clemens was pleased with the appearance of his book. Then the nights were moonlight, and that was a great beauty, the moon giving us the same prismatic effect. An obliging official made it his business to show them the city and thelife there, the result of which would be those amusing chapters in'Roughing It' by and by. Incidents were filtered through his vividimagination until many of them bore little relation to the actualoccurrence.
He has proceeded from unreasonedselfishness to reasoned selfishness. It is not likelythere were two more unprepossessing officials on the Pacific coast atthat moment than the newly arrived Territorial secretary If there is a chance of violence, the women and children must be sent to safety. So, Daoud, do not draw the tale out.
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