I was standing in our dining-room thinking of nothing in particular, w…

Mark Twain
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I was standing in our dining-room thinking of nothing in particular, when a cablegram was put into my hand. It said, 'Susy was peacefully released today.' It is one of the mysteries of our nature that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunder-stroke like that and live. ✨ Mark Twain (2010). Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review, p.26, Univ of Wisconsin Press
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