sam clemens was a big fan of cats. he would have to go around and check all the pockets to make sure there were no critters sleeping in them. this was another fun space because george griffin, the butler, would come upstairs from time to time to announce a guest. the guests in those days would bring little calling card. same with take one look at the calling card and he might say, send them up or he might say, i will be right down. he might say something different and that was when he did not want to see the person. would gonot lie but he over to the little porch on the side, open the door and step out onto the porch and tell george, tell him i just stepped out. that became known as the stepping out porch. this room is where he did his writing. he would work summers in a my elmira. is a favorite room because of the writing that happened here. we have his writing desk in the corner. sam had to face the wall to pay attention to his work and not be distracted so he sat in the corner to do his writing. most of mark twain's

here in the master bedroom we have sam clemens' mother here, jane clemens, and there are no photographs of his father. his dad died in 1847 and photography was not affordable for a family like that at that time. but of course here on the wall we have the four children. now baby lang don in lower right corner did not live in the hartford house but we do have his photograph here. he died at 19 months of diphtheria. then the other three daughters, souza, claire remarks and jean, are here on the wall in mama and papa's room. it's fun to imagine this as a family home with the girls running and playing and call are for stories. and growing up to become young ladies here in the home. the girls had a lot of adventures in the home. the family kind in this beautiful dining room and would come in to the library here after dinner, and this is a very special spot. for instance, the paintings across the top of the -- on the walls here and the knicknacks on the mantle, they would ask for a story, and the rule was he had to begin with the cat in the rough painting on the very end. had to start there an

sam clemens was a big fan of cats. before you had to play billiards you would have to go around and check all the pockets to make sure there were no critters sleeping in them. this was another fun space because george griffin, the butler, would come upstairs from time to time to announce a guest. the guests in those days would bring little calling card. same with take one look at the calling card and he might say, send them up or he might say, i will be right down. he might say something different and that was when he did not want to see the person. he would not lie but he would go over to the little porch on the side, open the door and step out onto the porch and tell george, tell him i just stepped out. that became known as the stepping out porch. this room is where he did his writing. he would work summers in elmira. i think it is a favorite room because of the writing that happened here. we have his writing desk in the corner. sam had to face the wall to pay attention to his work and not be distracted so he sat in

sam clemens would get down on all fours. the butler would also depend on all fours and the girls would jump on the backs and go hunting for tigers in the jungle and have big adventures. this was a favorite spot for the family. but it was a busy place. very famous guests we come to visit. they had fancy dinners in the evening. if they didn't, the family of course of the around the table where sam clemens was know to get up between courses and pace and almost try out his material. he was a lecturer. he was often on the road lecturing. so you tell the stories again and again. the girls said they would stick and some nice and sit on the steps in the hallway and they could tell from where he was in the story what course was being served. this is just some of the a few of the family. we are on the third floor of mark twain's beautiful mansion. this is the billiard room and this is a great room. we like to call out the original mankato. of course, we have the beautiful billiard table. this is a great room because his friends would