Thecontinuousexcitementpresentlytoldonher。InJulyallfurtherengagementswerecanceled，andClemenstookhislittlefamilytoScotland，forquietandrest。TheybrokethejourneyatYork，anditwastherethatMarkTwainwrotetheonlyletterremainingfromthistime。
PartofalettertoMrs。JervisLangdon，ofElmira，N。Y。：
Forthepresentweshallremaininthisqueeroldwalledtown，withitscrooked，narrowlanes，thattellusoftheirolddaythatknewnowheeledvehicles；itsplaster-and-timberdwellings，withupperstoriesfaroverhangingthestreet，andthusmarkingtheirdate，saythreehundredyearsago；thestatelycitywalls，thecastellatedgates，theivy-grown，foliage-sheltered，mostnobleandpicturesqueruinofSt。Mary”sAbbey，suggestingtheirdate，sayfivehundredyearsago，intheheartofCrusadingtimesandthegloryofEnglishchivalryandromance；thevastCathedralofYork，withitsworncarvingsandquaintlypicturedwindows，preachingofstillremoterdays；theoutlandishnamesofstreetsandcourtsandbywaysthatstandasarecordandamemorial，allthesecenturies，ofDanishdominionhereinstillearliertimes；thehinthereandthereofKingArthurandhisknightsandtheirbloodyfightswithSaxonoppressorsroundaboutthisoldcitymorethanthirteenhundredyearsgoneby；and，lastofall，themelancholyoldstonecoffinsandsculpturedinscriptions，avenerablearchandahoarytowerofstonethatstillremainandarekissedbythesunandcaressedbytheshadowseveryday，justasthesunandtheshadowshavekissedandcaressedthemeverylaggingdaysincetheRomanEmperor”ssoldiersplacedthemhereinthetimeswhenJesustheSonofMarywalkedthestreetsofNazarethayouth，withnomorenameorfamethantheYorkshireboywhoisloiteringdownthisstreetthismoment。
TheirdestinationwasEdinburgh，wheretheyremainedamonth。Mrs。
Clemens”shealthgavewayontheirarrivalthere，andherhusband，knowingthenameofnootherphysicianintheplace，lookedupDr。