MS-UoR-1227-7-12-1

[0004] birth into the ^{[place = supralinear] this} world ... this world ... of a small ^{[place = supralinear] tiny}
baby boy or girl ^{[place = supralinear] in a small} ... what? ... girl? ... [⁁] ^{[place = suparlinear] vast place ...}...
xxx pllace ... birth then into this ... [⁁] ^{[place = suparlinear] vast} place of ^{[place = inline] a tiny}
a ^{[place = supralinear] small} baby girl in a small place ^{[place = supralinear] hole} in the lowlands ^{[place = supralinear] on the coast}
by the name of named in the downs ^{[place = supralinear] bog}
named ... what? .. the xxx xxx downs?
no ... no! ... the downs ^{[place = supralinear] bog!} ... small hole in
the downs ^{[place = supralinear] bog} named ... named ... no matter ...

[0005] to parents unknown ... he having vanished
into thin air months after into thin air no sooner
done his devilish work and she similarly nine
months later almost to the minute ... [0006] no love then
such as usually ^{[place = supralinear] normally} lavished on the newborn ...
in the home ... nor indeed for that matter any
of any kind at any subsequent time ... usual
affair then ... nothing particular to note ^{[place = supralinear] worthy of mention} ...

[0007] till coming up to sixty this ... what? ...
sixty-five? ... my God ... coming up to 65 ...
walking in a field with her ^{[place = supralinear] my} youngest grandchild
looking ^{[place = supralinear] searching} for cowslips to make a ball ... when suddenly
all went out ... all that [⁁] ^{[place = supralinear] early} April morning light ...
and she ^{[place = supralinear] I} found her ^{[place = supralinear] my}self in the dark ...

[0008] without
feeling as it were of any kind and if not
exactly insentient ... insentient for she ^{[place = inline] I}
could still hear the buzzing in her ^{[place = supralinear] my} ears ...
so loosely [⁁] ^{[place = supralinear] so} called ... and a ray of light came and
went ... came and went ... beam of the moon ^{[place = supralinear] such as the moon sheds} drifting ...
in & out of cloud ... but so reduced ...

[0008] sensation ... sensation so reduced that she ^{[place = inline] no notion}
did not know what position she was in ...
whether standing ... or sitting ... but the
mind ... what? ... lying? lying? ... ? ...
whether standing ... or sitting ... or lying ...
[0009] but the mind

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[0004] .. birth ... into this world ... vast place ^{[place = supralinear] this world} as a tiny
baby ^{[place = margin left] little thing} ... 5 pounds ... in a small ^{[place = supralinear] remote [place = supralinear] godfor - ...} ... what? ...
girl? ... tiny baby ^{[place = supralinear] little} girl ... into this ... vast
place ... in a small ^{[place = supralinear] remote [place = supralinear] godforsaken} hole ... in the bog ... named ...
what? what? ... no ^{[place = margin left] the downs? ... no} ... no! ... the bog! ...
small ^{[place = surpalinear] remote [place = surpalinear] godforsaken} hole in the bog ... named ... named ...
no matter ^{[place = surpalinear] forgotten} ...

[0005] to parents unknown ... he having
vanished into ... thin air ... no sooner the
than in the locker done his ... devilish work ...
and she similarly ... 9 months later ... almost
to the minute ... [0006] so no love ... such x ^{[place = supralinear] as} normally
showered on the newborn in ... speechless infant ...
in the home ... nor indeed for that matter ...
any of any kind ... at any subsequent ... time ...
so usual affair ... nothing worthy of note [0007] till
till coming up to sixty this ^{[place = supralinear] when} ... what? ... sixty-five? ...