Chuck, The following more or less confirms Dave's explanation. It's from Chapter 16 of _Joan of Arc_ (underscores are mine). "...Then he bowed low, and when he rose he was eleven feet high. As he swelled out past me he covertly _pulled down the corner of his eye_ with his finger and muttered part of that defiled refrain, "Oh, tears, ah, tears, oh, sad sweet tears! - name in General Orders - personal mention to the King, you see!..." In case anyone is wondering, I pulled this up on Twain's World CD-Rom at light speed and without the slightest strain on my poor memory. Found no other hits on this phrase. Paul Berkowitz