Jean was away a lot.

The supreme tragedy of those final weeks in 1909 was that she was finally
back in the household, a poignancy he rendered (possibly over to bathos) in
the 'Death of Jean' chapter.

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 3:23 PM Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The other night my wife put on a film I was unaware of, an adaptation of
> Dorothy Quick's book of the same name - Mark Twain and Me.  I rather
> enjoyed it and was pleasantly surprised at the film makers treatment of
> Jean.  Jean is rarely mentioned in biographies but I think she was my
> favorite of his daughters. Unfortunately, Dorothy notes in her book that
> she had never met Jean.
>
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