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L'Innommable Segment 520, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-3-10, f. 19v)
Car il est difficile de parler, même n'importe comment, et en même temps de
porter son attention ailleurs, là où se trouve
son véritable intérêt, tel qu'un faible murmure
le definit 
par bribes, comme en s'excusant.
L'Innommable Segment 520, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 42)
Car il est difficile de parler, même n'importe comment, et en même temps de porter son attention ailleurs, là où gît son véritable intérêt, tel qu'un faible murmure le définit par bribes, comme en s'excusant de ne pas être mort.
The Unnamable Segment 520, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-1, f. 20r)
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For it is difficult to speak, even any old rubbish, and at the same time focus one's attention on another point, where one's true interest lies, as fitfully defined by a faint whisper seeming to apologize for not being dead.
The Unnamable Segment 520, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 22r)
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For it is difficult to speak, even any old rubbish, and at the
same time focus one's attention on another point, where's
one's true interest lies, such as as fitfully defined by a faint mumur, as though whisper seeming
to[⁁] apologizinge for not being dead,. fitfyully defines it.
The Unnamable Segment 520, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 21r)
For it is difficult to speak, even any old rubbish, and at the same time focus one's attention on another point, where one's true interest lies, as fitfully defined by a feeble murmur seeming to apologize for not being dead.
The Unnamable Segment 520, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 27)
For it is difficult to speak, even any old rubbish, and at the same time focus one's attention on another point, where one's true interest lies, as fitfully defined by a feeble murmur seeming to apologize for not being dead.
L'Innommable Segment 520, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 35)
Car il est difficile de parler, même n'importe comment, et en même temps de porter son attention ailleurs, là où gît son véritable intérêt, tel qu'un faible murmure le définit par bribes, comme en s'excusant de ne pas être mort.