As I entered I saw that he was alone, sitting in a large chair,clad in the familiar dressing-gown. In reply to another invitation from H. One newspaper said I patted his Majesty on the shoulder--an impertinence of which I was not guilty; I was reared in the most exclusive circles of Missouri and I know how to behave. When they asked forhis views he said: In my opinion the copyright laws of England and America need only theremoval of the forty-two-year limit and the return to perpetual copyrightto be perfect.
In a sense, it was like the Granttrip, for it was a tribute which the nations paid not only to a belovedpersonality, but to the American character and people. He furnished it, for Bannerman was a very old friend. Habits take precedence of thought. Itwas a greeting to Howells the last he would ever receive from her.
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