for it all over the country but could not find it.
Just at the time,Mark Twain,the witty American writer,
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England.He was
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by an England Literary Society to be
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at a dinner given in his honor.After dinner the president of the society rose to
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a toast to Mark Twain’s health and praise
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the talent of the famous American.Mark Twain
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started his speech with the following words:
“Gentlemen,I thank you for the great honor you
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me,
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I very much doubt whether all your countrymen join you in your warm welcome.When I arrived at Dover yesterday,and
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my foot in ‘Merry Old England’,the first thing I saw was a newspaper poster and on it,
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my great surprise,I read two
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printed in big red letters:
MARK TWAIN ARRIVES!
ASCOT CUP STOLEN!
These two announcements stood so closely together that it
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seemed,gentlemen,as if some people in this country
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sure that my arrival had something to do with the disappearance of the gold cup!” This witty speech of the famous American author
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