My Dear Mr. Hill:

No, it would not be worth while. I am a bad Club man; I belong to only one Club (the Lotos), & I never go near that one. [several words inserted and canceled] I’m a bad dinner-man, too. I hardly ever accept an invitation to a public dinner. I am become old & idiotic, & have grown rigidly stay-at-homish. But I thank you, all the same, & cordially, for the pleasant compliment of your proposition.

Truly Yours

S. L. Clemens

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Herbert E. Hill, Esq