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At a society dinner

At a New England society dinner some years ago, Mark Twain had just finished a piquant address when Mr. Evarts arose, shoved both of his hands down into his trousers’ pockets, as was his habit and laughingly remarked: “Doesn’t it strike this company as a little unusual that a professional humorist should be funny?” Mark Twain waited until the laughter excited by this sally had subsided, and then drawled out: “Doesn’t it strike this company as a little unusual that a lawyer should have his hands in his own pockets?”

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