|
  | Carnival of Crime in CT Ebook | |
|
 | |  | | E-book Category: Classic
E-book Title: Carnival of Crime in CT
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description: THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT CARNIVAL OF CRIME IN CONNECTICUT
I was feeling blithe, about jocund. I put a match to my cigar, and simply
then the morning's mail was bimanual in. The 1st superscription I
glanced at was in a handwriting that sent a thrill of pleasure through
and through me. It was Auntie Mary's; and she was the person I admired and
honored most in all the world, outside of my own household. She had been
my boyhood's idol; maturity, which is fatal to so galore enchantments, had
not been able to dislodge her from her pedestal; no, it had only
even
her right to be there, and placed her deposition for good
among the impossibilities. To show how strong her influence over me was,
I wish observe that long after everybody else's "do-stop-smoking" had
ceased to affect me in the slightest degree, Auntie Mary could still stir
my torpid conscience into faint signs of life once
she touched upon the
matter. But all things have their limit in this world. A happy day came
at last, once
even as Auntie Mary's words could no longer come me. I was not
simply glad to see that day arrive; I was much than glad--I was grateful;
for once
its sun had set, the one alloy that was able to mar my enjoyment
of my aunt's society was gone. The remainder of her stay with us that
winter was in every way a delight. Of course she pleaded with me simply as
seriously as ever, after that blessed day, to quit my pernicious habit,
but to no intention whatever; the moment she opened the subject I at once
became calmly, peacefully, contentedly indifferent--absolutely,
adamantinely indifferent. Consequently the closing weeks of that
unforgettable
visit dissolved away as pleasantly as a dream, they were so
freighted for me with tranquil satisfaction. I could not have enjoyed my
pet vice much if my gentle tormentor had been a smoker herself, and an
advocate of the practice. Well, the sight of her handwriting reminded me
that I way acquiring really hungry to see her again. I easily guessed what I
should find in her letter. I opened it. Good! simply as I expected; she
was coming! Coming this really day, too, and by the morning train; I mightiness
expect her any moment.
I aforesaid to myself, "I am thoroughly happy and content now. If my most
pitiless enemy could appear before me at this moment, I would-be freely
right any wrong I may have done him."More... | |
| | | | | |  |
|  |
| Recommended Product for "Carnival of Crime in CT" | | |
| |  | |  |
|
