It appears in "Old Times on the Mississippi" ("Perplexing Lessons") and the quote reads: "How do you follow a hall at home in the dark? Because you know the shape of it. You can't see it." Joe Csicsila Michael Kiskis wrote: > A little help. =20 > =20 > I received a note from a local teacher who is working on a curriculum on > Mark Twain for the 4th and 5th grades. She emailed me the note below > looking for help to identify the quote. I admit that I can't recall > where it (or if it) appears in any Twain work. > =20 > If anyone has some idea, please let me know. And I will pass the > response along. > =20 > Thanks very much. > =20 > ____________________________________________ > Michael J. Kiskis > Leonard Tydings Grant Professor of American Literature > Elmira College > One Park Place > Elmira, NY 14901 > 607-735-1827 > =20 > =20 > I have been unable to find the Twain quote that I was asking about last > night. I'll just paraphrase it and hope that someone out there will > recognize it and be able to relay it back as the author intended it to > be. I really appreciate your help.=20 > =20 > ' Like walking a hallway in the dark-- you've done it a hundred times > before, with nothing but bare feet and faith. ' >