CHAPTER XXVII
England

SUSY CLEMENS died in Hartford, August 18,
(1896), soon after the arrival in England (from
South Africa) of the Mark Twain party, On the
first word of Susy's illness Mrs. Clemens and
Clara had sailed for America, Mr. Clemens re-
maining in England, where they had taken a
house, at Guilford. When the following notes
were made, the sorrowing mother and daughter
had returned. Mark Twain's "Susy" notes fol-
low this chapter.

Monday Sept, 21. Day after tomorrow the queen will
have achieved the longest reign in the history of the Eng-
lish throne. She will come within twelve years of the
longest reign in the history of any throne (?) Louis XIV
seventy-two years.

Sept. 22. House-hunting again. England is the land of
neat and pretty and shapely and polite housemaids. An
ugly or ill-dressed or unpolished one is rare, very rare.

They were presently located in Chelsea, on
Tedworth Square, No. 23.

All the dogs here wear muzzles. Of course, they prefer
it. Doubtless some ducal dog wore one, one day, merely
because he had the toothache, or for fun, and then the
others adopted it.

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