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Malone meurt Segment 1911, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-7-4, f. 70r)
Je croyais J'ai cru tirer le maximum de mon bâton
et le fait est comme le singe, croit bien x en s'en grattant,
faire en se grattant malin de la clef qui ouvre sa cage.
Malone meurt Segment 1911, version 2 (Minuit 1951, p. 152)
J'ai cru tirer le maximum de cette sorte de tête de loup, comme le singe, en s'en grattant, de la clef qui ouvre sa cage.

Malone Dies Segment 1911, version 3 (MS-WU-MSS008-2-47, f. 110r)
I thought I was turning the my stick to the best possible account, like a monkey scratching [⁁]itself its fleas with the stic key that opens its cage.

Malone Dies Segment 1911, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-4-3, f. 110r)
I thought I was turning the my stick to the best possible account, like a monkey scratching itself its fleas with the stic key that opens its cage.

Malone Dies Segment 1911, version 5 (MS-UoR-1227-7-11-1, f. 110r)
I thought I was turning the my stick to the best possible account, like a monkey scratching itself its fleas with the stic key that opens its cage.
Malone Dies Segment 1911, version 6 (Grove Press 1956, p. 83)
I thought I was turning my stick to the best possible account, like a monkey scratching its fleas with the key that opens its cage.
Malone meurt Segment 1911, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 134)
J'ai cru tirer le maximum de cette sorte de tête de loup, comme le singe, en s'en grattant, de la clef qui ouvre sa cage.