It was a distinguised company at the dinner, and once more I encountered J. M. Barrie; also once more he sat on the other side of the table and out of conversing distance. The same thing happened in London twice, seven years ago, and once in New York since then. I have never had five minutes' talk with him that wasn't broken off by an interruption; after the interruption he always dissolves mysteriously and disappears. I should like to have one good unbroken talk with that gifted Scot some day before I die.
- Autobiographical dictation, 19 August 1907, Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 3 (University of California Press)

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J. M Barrie photo from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division