THE RETORT COURTEOUS
This anecdote portraying the biting side of Mark Twain's wit comes from Little Stories About Mark Twain. The humorist once asked a neighbor if he might borrow a set of his books. ' You're welcome to read them in my library,' replied the neighbor ungraciously, but it is my' rule never to let my books leave my house.' Some weeks later the same neighbor sent over to ask for the loan of Mark Twain's lawn-mower. 'Certainly,' said Mark, but since I make it a rule never to let it leave my lawn, you will be obliged to use it there!'
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New Zealand Tablet, 13 February 1913, Page 62
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102THE RETORT COURTEOUS New Zealand Tablet, 13 February 1913, Page 62
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