March 21, 1910 Monday

March 21 Monday — In Hamilton, Bermuda Sam wrote to Miss Sulamith Ish-Kishor.

Dear Miss Sulamith,

I think it is a remarkable dream for a girl of 13 to have dreamed, in fact for a person of any age to have dreamed, because it moves by regular grade and sequence from the beginning to the end, which is not the habit of dreams. I think your report of it is a good piece of work, a clear and effective statement of the vision.

I am glad to know you like the “Prince and the Pauper” so well and I believe with you that the dream is good evidence of that liking. I think I may say, with your sister that I like myself best when I am serious.

Sincerely yours

S. L. Clemens,

[MTP: Paine’s 1917 Mark Twain's Letters p.841].