Mark Twain's Letters 1886 1900 Volume IV. By Mark Twain arranged with comment by albert bigelow paine XXVI. Letters, 1886 87. Jane Clemens's Romance. unmailed letters, etc. When Clemens had been plat forming with Cable and returned to Hartford for his Christmas vacation, the Warner and Clemens families had joined in preparing for him a surprise performance of The Prince and the Pauper. The Clemens household was always given to theatricals, and it was about this time that scenery and a stage were prepared mainly by the sculptor Gerhardt for these home performances, after which productions of The Prince and the Pauper were given with considerable regularity to audiences consisting of parents and invited friends.