July 23 Sunday – George Porter, playwright who had written a play on Joan of Arc, The Maid, A Drama in Five Acts (1904), visited Sam in Dublin, N.H. [Gribben 554: Note on July 19 from Porter]. On the inside of Porter’s July 19 letter Miss Lyon wrote, “He came—Sunday- July 23 and brought the play of Joan of Arc—and some sweet peas. He was chilled to the bones & shivering, so Mr. Clemens put his own cape about his shoulders, & gave him whiskey… / But oh dear— / He didn’t come to any point. He wanted to produce the play in Paris, and kept on saying that he wanted it—However [her note ends here] then on another page, “man walked with a movement like a Te Deum.”

Isabel Lyon’s journal (from July 24): “Last night Mr. Clemens had supper down with Mr. and Mrs. Pearmain, I had music. It was good, too” [MTP TS 81]