Re Jerry Dean's comment:

>I also have a recollection of something one of his daughters said of
>his speech on the lecture platform. It seems to me that her comment was
>about how much slower and more heavily accented his speech was when he
>gave lectures than when he spoke normally.


Clara writes: "Father knew the full value of a pause and had the courage to
make a long one when required for a big effect. And his inimitable drawling
speech, which he often lost in private life, greatly increased the humorous
effect on the stage."

Pp. 138-139, "My Father -- Mark Twain", Harper and Brothers, New York 1931

Regards to all

Ron Hohenhaus
Australia