October 25 Friday – Sam telegraphed from London to Henry Lee, also in the city.

“Can’t. I am in the family way with 3 weeks undigested dinners in my system, & shall just roost here & diet & purge till I am delivered. Shall I name it after you?” [MTL 5: 198].

Sam also wrote to Livy, mostly about the controversy surrounding Henry M. Stanley and his treatment and attitude at awards dinners. Sam was beginning to tire of sightseeing.

The truth is, there are no sights for me—I have seen them all before in other places…Consequently, I do just as little sightseeing as possible, but try to see as many people as I can. If I could take notes of all I hear said, I should make a most interesting book—but of course these things are interminable—only a shorthand reporter could seize them [MTL 5: 199].

In Hartford, Hatch & Tyler delivered coal to the Clemens home [MTP].