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[0443] sergeahⁿt, it's the same district. [0444] I took advantage of the silence
which followed these kind words to turn towards^[₰] the window, blindly
or nearly ^so, for I had closed my eyes, proffering to that blandness
of blue and gold my face and neck alone, and my mind empty^, too, or
nearly, for I must have ben^en wondering if I did not feel like sitting
down, after such a long time standing, and remembering what I had
learnt in that connection, namely that the sitting posture was not
for me any more, because of my short^, stiff leg, and that there were
only two postures for me, the vertical, drooping between my crutches,
sleeping on my feet, and the horizontal, down on the ground.

[0445] Y^And
yet the desire to sit down came upon me from time to time, came back
upon me from a vanished world. [0446] And I did not always resist it,
forewarned though I was.

[0447] Yes, my mind felt it surely, this tiny
sediment, incomprehensibly stirring like grit at the bottom of a
puddle, while on my face and great big Adam's apple the air of summer
weighed and the splendid summer sky. [0448] And suddently I remembered
my name, Molloy. [0449] My name is Molloy, I cried, all of a sudden , now
I remember.

[0450] Nothering compelled me to give this information, but I
gave it, hoping to please I suppose. [0451] They let me keep my hat on, I
don't know why. [0452] Is it your mother's name, said the sergeant, it
must have been a sergeant. [0453] Molloy, I cried, my name is m^MOlloy. [0454] Is
that your mother's name, said the sergeant. [0455] What? I said. [0456] Your
name is Molloy, said the sergeant. [0457] Yes, I said, now I remember,^.[x]

[0458] And your mother? said the sergeant. [0459] I didn't follow. [0460] Is your
mother's name Molloy^, too:^? said the sergeant. [0467] I thouh^ght it over.
[0468] Your mother, said the sergeant, is your mother's --^[] [0469] Let me think"^!
I cried [0470] At least I imagine that's how it was. [0471] Take your time, said
the sergeant. [0472] Was mother's name Molloy. [0473] Very likely. [0474] Her name must
be Molloy^, too, I said. [0475] They took me away, to the guard-room I