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[1901] there was a time when he did not, the same Worm,
according to them, he has therefore changed, that's
grave, gravid, who knows to what [extremes] he may
be carried, no [matter], he can be trusted.
[1902]
The eye too, of course, is there to put him to flight,
to make him afraid, take fright, badly enough
to break his bonds, they called that bonds,
ah mother of God, the things people say, perhaps
it's tears of hilarity.
[1903] Well, no matter, let's [xxx]
[xx] get on to the end of the joke, we must be nearly
there, and see what they have to offer him, in the
way of bugaboos.[1904] Who, we?[1905] Don't speak all at once,
together, there's no good in that ei that's no
good either.[1906] All will be resolved, later on in the
evening, everyone gone and silence restored.
[1907]
No sense in bickering In the meantime no sense in
bickering about pronouns and other parts of blather.
[1908]
The subject doesn't matter, there is none.[1909] Worm
being in the singular, as it happens, they are in the
plural, to avoid confusion, [confusion] confusion
is better avoided, pending the great confounding.
[1913] [Who] But who can who hasn't been there,
lived there, they call that living, for them the
spark is present, ready to burst into flame,
all it needs is to be preached upon, to become
a living torch, screams included.[1914] They [ca]
Then they can go silent, without having to fear
an embarrassing silence, when steps are heard
on graves as the saying is, real torture.
[1915] Decidedly
this eye (is hard of [hearing.] hearing) [ADDITION]Addition on page
32vis very [longeared] .[1916] Noises travel,
traverse walls, but can the same be said of
appearances?[1917] By no means, generally speaking.
[1918]
But the present case is rather par special.[1919] But what
appearances, it is always well to try and [find] know
what one is talking about, even at the risk of even at
the risk of being deceived.
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