We have a winner!

Twain was in a back room of his home in NYC having his portrait painted by 
James Montgomery Flagg (now owned by the Lotos Club of NYC) and was watching 
Livy knitting in a front room at the other end of a long hallway when he 
heard her curse ("Sugar"), prompting his remark to Flagg. Flagg told the 
story in his own autobiography many years later.

Kevin
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> 10, 2011 12:40:37 PM=0ASubject: Twain contest=0A=0A'Tis time for another 
> Tw=
> ain contest...=0A=0AThe winner of this contest will get their choice of 
> one=
> of the following, fi=3D=0Ane in dust jacket--=0A=0ASeelye MARK TWAIN AT 
> TH=
> E MOVIES. First edition=0APowers DANGEROUS WATERS. First 
> edition=0AHoffman.=
> INVENTING MARK TWAIN First English edition=0AHoffman INVENTING MARK TWAIN 
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> First American edition=0ARandom House edition of ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY 
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> FINN (the first text from =3D=0Athe complete original ms)=0A=0AHere 
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> =0A=0ATwain was well-known for his salty language, and he considered 
> creati=
> ve and =3D=0Aeffective cursing a true art. Not only the words, but the 
> infl=
> ection was imp=3D=0Aortant, and he once pointed this out to his wife Livy 
> w=
> hen she tried to sham=3D=0Ae him by repeating his curse words to him 
> withou=
> t the proper inflection. But=3D=0Aone day when Twain was talking with a 
> vis=
> itor to their home, he overheard L=3D=0Aivy curse while she was knitting 
> in=
> another room. She must have had the infl=3D=0Aection right that time 
> becau=
> se Twain remarked to his visitor that she would =3D=0Ahave to answer for 
> he=
> r profanity on judgment day just as surely as he would.=3D=0AWhat was 
> Livy'=
> s curse-word that provoked this remark?=0A=0AIf you find it too horrible 
> to=
> even think of repeating her blasphemy in fron=3D=0At of the entire Forum 
> y=
> ou may send your answer privately.=0A=0AKevin=0A=3D40=0AMac Donnell Rare 
> Bo=
> oks=0A9307 Glenlake Drive=0AAustin TX 78730=0A512-345-4139=0AMember: ABAA, 
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