It is too dreary when the lights are out and the company gone. Postponing a lecture series and any further research on his book, he returns home in early November. In May 1873, Clemens sails again to England, this time with his family. In addition to researching and lecturing, he also wants to establish residency in Great Britain in order to obtain a valid British copyright. The Clemenses return to Hartford on Nov. 4, but Samuel Clemens heads back to England alone less than a week later to finish his lecture tour.
Business is business.
He has a book to see through publication and lectures to give. He spent a lot of his life on a ship going across the Atlantic. It's amazing how often he is away from home. But since the beginning of his life he's been comfortable on ships. Each time, he's gone 10 days to two weeks.