Cable, he said, do you know anything about this book, the Arthurianlegends of Sir Thomas Malory, Morte Arthure? Cable answered: Mark, that is one of the most beautiful books in theworld. Wonderful that so much cleanliness should come out of such a phenomenally dirty house. It seemsto me the noblest monument this nation has, yet erected to her greatness. It was a bleak, dull December day, and as we walked down through theavenues of the dead there was a presence of realized sorrow that seemedexactly suited to such a visit.
Howells was there, and Gen. On one ofhis many voyages to America, he was sitting on deck in a steamer-chairwhen two little girls stopped before him. His former London visits, beginning withthat of 1872, had been distinguished by high attentions, but all of themcombined could not equal this. Rogers is perfectly satisfied that our course was right, absolutelyright and wise--cheer up, the best is yet to come.
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