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Molloy Segment 2409, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-4-7, f. 02r)
Il y a quelque chose de plus sacrée dans la v, répondis-je, de plus sacré dans la vie que la ponctualité, c'est la discrétion.
Molloy Segment 2409, version 2 (Minuit 1951, p. 159)
Il y a quelque chose, dis-je, de plus important dans la vie que la ponctualité, c'est la pudeur.
Molloy Segment 2409, version 3 (Minuit 1953, p. 159)
Il y a quelque chose, dis-je, de plus important dans la vie que la ponctualité, c'est la pudeur.

Molloy Segment 2409, version 4 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-50-2, f. 14r)
There is something, I said, more important in life than punctuality, and that is decorum.
Molloy Segment 2409, version 5 (Olympia 1955, p. 140)
There is something, I said, more important in life than punctuality, and that is decorum.
Molloy Segment 2409, version 6 (Grove Press 1955, p. 140)
There is something, I said, more important in life than punctuality, and that is decorum.
Molloy Segment 2409, version 7 (Olympia and Grove Press 1959, p. 137)
There is something, I said, more important in life than punctuality, and that is decorum.
Molloy Segment 2409, version 8 (Minuit 1971, p. 171)
Il y a quelque chose, dis-je, de plus important dans la vie que la ponctualité, c'est la pudeur.