OLIVIA LANGDON CLEMENSShe said she never would or could love me--but she set herself the task
of making a Christian of me. I said she would succeed, but that in the
meantime she would unwittingly dig a matrimonial pit and end by tumbling
into it--and lo! the prophecy is fulfilled. |
 Illustration of Clemens faking injury during his courtship of Olivia Langdon. From St. Nicholas, May 1916 |
 Mark Twain's wife Olivia with daughter Clara. Photo by Faulk Sydney, Australia, 1895. Photo from THE SKETCH, Nov. 27, 1895. |
My experience with Providence has not been
of a nature to give me great confidence in his judgment, and I consider
that my wife crept in while his attention was occupied elsewhere. - quoted in Melbourne Age 10/28/1895 |
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