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[0635] sun and I take good care not to be. [0636] The a ^{[place = overwritten] A}egean, thirsting for
heat and light, him I killed, he killed himself, early on, in me.
[0637] The pale gloom of rainy days are ^{[place = supralinear] was} better fitted to my taste, no,
that's not it, to my humour, no, that's not it either, I had neither
taste nor humour, I lost them early on.

[0638] Perhaps what I mean is
that the pale gloom etc., hid me better, without its being on
that account particularly pleasing to me. [0639] Chameleon in spite of
himse ^{[place = inline] [/]}lf, there you have Molloy, viewed from a certain angle. [0640] And
in winter, under my greatcoat, I wrapped myself in swathes of
news ^{[place = supralinear] p}apers, and did not shed them until the earth awoke, for good,
in April. [0641] ^{[place = inline] [[]}The Times Literary Supplement was admirably adapted
to this purpose, of a never-failing toughness and impermeability.

[0642] To break wind ^{[place = margin left] [?]} did not tear it. [0643] I can't help it, gas escapes from
my fundament on the least pretext, it's hard not to mention it
now and then, however, great my loathing. [0644] One day I counted them.
[0645] Thre ^{[place = supralinear] e} hundred and fifteen break winds ^{[place = margin left] [?]} in nineteen hours, or an
average of over sixteen break winds an hour. [0646] After all it's not
^{[place = margin left] [please check]} excessive. [0647] Four break winds every fifteen minutes. [0648] It's nothing ^{[place = inline] .}
[0649] Not even one break wind every four minutes. [0650] It's unbelievable.

[0651] Come, come, I hardly break wind at all, I should never have
mentioned it. [0652] Extraordinary how mathematics help you to know
yourself. [0653] In any case this whole question of climate left me cold,
I could stomach any mess.

[0654] So I will only add that the mornings
were often sunny, in that part of the world ^{[place = inline] ,} until ten o'clock or
coming up to eleven, and that then the sky was overcast and the
rain fell, fell till evening. [0655] Then the sun came out and went down,
the drenched earth sparkled an instant, then went out, bereft of
light. ^{[place = inline] []]} [0656] ^{[place = inline] [[]}There I am then back in the saddle, in my numbed heart