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Quotation from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

“It may have happened, it may not have happened: but it COULD have happened.”

Mark Twain (spoken by Narrator)

The Prince and the Pauper, Prefatory note (Project Gutenberg #1837)

Portrait of Mark Twain

Twain's opening note presents the tale as a legend handed down from father to son for three hundred years.

Citation: "It may have happened, it may not have happened: but it COULD have happened." — Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper, Prefatory note (Project Gutenberg #1837). (id the-prince-and-the-pauper-q1)

Portrait: The Prince and the pauper bookcover, Unknown, Public domain.

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