mirthful
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Appeared in the January 21, 2026, print edition as 'Mel Brooks, A Mirthful Mensch'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
Later in the year, when the same brother comes to Mirthful Haven on business, he finds the whole village at a wedding.
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They have never connected her with Mirthful Haven, as she is known "outside" by her mother's name.
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Pelter's enemy Corning discovers Pelter's secret, that all Mirthful Haven but no summer visitor knows.
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Mirthful catches, pious hymns, groans of the penitent, and laughter of the merry, rejoicing, lamentation, jesting, and prayer, sounded at once in a strange stupifying concert through the atmosphere.
From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)