The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut

by Mark Twain

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In The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, by Mark Twain, the narrator says he was feeling blithe, almost jocund. The narrator says of Aunt Mary that she was the person he loved and honored most in all the world, outside of his own household. The narrator opens the letter from Aunt Mary and finds, as he expected, that she was coming this very day, too, and by the morning train.

A speaker says that all the consciences he has ever heard of were nagging, badgering, fault-finding, execrable savages, and asks why a conscience can't haul a man over the coals once, for an offense, and then let him alone. A woman pleads "Oh, promise, or you are lost! Promise, and be redeemed!" as she sinks before the narrator, whose conquered Conscience closes his eyes and falls fast asleep.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature".