Dear Sara,

The next best thing to the right answer is the right person. In all things
"Twain Quotable" refer to R Kent Rasmussen. Simply address your letter to
the Forum, speaking thusly: "Hey, Kent, are you listening? Did Twain really
say...." He'll know.
Rick Talbot
In Minnesota

ps
See you all in Elmira this summer.

PSS
My "best guess" is that your quote is related to "I was born modest, but it
wore off."

Let's see what the group thinks....

A little web research reveals the following (and, as always, a doff of the
cap goes out to R Kent Rasmussen who is hiding out in the western United
States):  see http://www.twainweb.net/reviews/qmt-rev.html