MS-UoR-1227-7-12-1

[0004] birth into the ^this world ... this world ... of a small ^tiny
baby boy or girl ^{in a small} ... what? ... girl? ... [⁁]^{vast place ...}[...
xxx pllace] ... birth then into this ... [⁁]^vast place of ^{a tiny}
a ^small baby girl in a small place ^hole in the lowlands ^{on the coast}
by the name of named in the [downs] ^bog
named ... what? .. the [xxx xxx] downs?
no ... no! ... the [downs] ^bog! ... small hole in
the downs ^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 ^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 ^{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] ^my youngest grandchild
[looking] ^searching for cowslips to make a ball ... when suddenly
all went out ... all that [⁁]^early [A]pril morning light ...
and she ^I found her^myself in the dark ...

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

[0008] sensation ... sensation so reduced that she ^{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

^KLE
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[0004] .. birth ... into this world ... vast place ^{this world} as a tiny
baby ^{little thing} ... 5 pounds ... in a small ^{remote godfor [-] ...} ... what? ...
girl? ... tiny baby ^little girl ... into this ... [vast
place] ... in a small ^{remote godforsaken} hole ... in the bog ... named ...
what? what? ... no ^{the downs? ... no} ... no! ... the bog! ...
small ^{remote godforsaken} [hole] in the bog ... named ... named ...
no matter ^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] ^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 ^when ... what? ... sixty-five? ...