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The friend in need was John Brown, the Edinburgh author and physician whom
the Clemenses had met in 1873. Brown's friends were quietly raising a fund
that would enable him to retire from the stresses of his medical practice.

Michael B. Frank
Associate Editor
Mark Twain Project

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