eBooks - Literature - Classics - Mark Twain - Those Extraordinary Twins
Those Extraordinary Twins eBooks
by Mark Twain
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Those Extraordinary Twins Summary
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The conglomerate twins were brought on the the stage in Chapter I of the original extravaganza. Aunt Patsy Cooper has received their letter applying for board and lodging, and Rowena, her daughter, insane with joy, is begging for a hearing of it: "Well, set down then, and be quiet a minute and don't fly around so; it fairly makes me tired to see you. It starts off so: 'HONORED MADAM' - " "I like that, ma, don't you? It shows they're high-bred." "Yes, I noticed that when I first read it. 'My brother and I have seen your advertisement, by chance, in a copy of your local journal - ' "It's so beautiful and smooth, ma-don't you think so?" "Yes, seems so to me - 'and beg leave to take the room you offer. We are twenty-four years of age, and twins - ' " "Twins! How sweet! I do hope they are handsome, and I just know they are! Don't you hope they are, ma?" "Land, I ain't particular. 'We are Italians by birth - ' " ... |
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| Why, ma, yes you do. They're so fine and handsome, and high-bred and polite, so every way superior to our gawks here in this village; why, they'll make life different from what it was--so humdrum and commonplace, you know--oh, you may be sure they're full of accomplishments, and knowledge of the world, and all that, that will be an immense advantage to society here. Don't you think so, ma? |
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