]--and the criticisms were as plentiful asthey were frank. She had naturally a fine intellect, with many of her father'scharacteristics, and a tender heart that made every dumb creature herfriend. Rogers comfortably and genially took care of all these things and his owntremendous affairs besides, and apologized sometimes when he felt,perhaps, that he had wavered a little in his attention. We had a noble good time in the yacht, Clemens wrote Twichell on theirreturn.
He did not wish to be a Senator;he was too busy just now dictating biography, and added that he didn'tthink he would care for the job, anyway. The reciting of this was goodto him, for it brought the comfort of tears. He no longer had any serious financial qualms. Tree's rendition of Hamlet? Remarkable, said Gilbert.
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