University of Virginia Library

Stephen Crane's Manuscript of "This Majestic Lie"
by
Paul Sorrentino

When Stephen Crane's "This Majestic Lie" was prepared for volume 6 of the Virginia edition of Crane's works in 1970, no manuscript of the story was known. As a result, the story's publication in Wounds in the Rain (Stokes, 1900) served as copy-text. The manuscript, however, is now in the Castle collection at the Bryn Mawr College Library. If only because Crane holographs are scarce, its discovery is important; but the manuscript also allows us to emend the text in the Virginia edition and to learn more about Crane's method of revision.[1]

Ethelinda Schaefer Castle, an alumna of the class of 1908, presented the manuscript as a gift to the library in 1971. Written in purple ink, it consists of eleven leaves that measure 33.3 mm. x 20.6 mm. The paper is medium-weight, smooth-textured, and cream-colored. On leaves 1 and 7-10, the watermark is "Economic | HM&S"; on leaves 2-6 and 11, the watermark is the Britannia design. Leaves 1-4 and 7-11 have a tear sign along the left edge; leaves 5-6, along the right. The tear suggests that the leaves came from a sheet 33.3 mm. x 41.2 mm., with a watermark on one side and a countermark on the other.

The versos of all the leaves have word counts and cumulative totals in purple ink, blue ink, pencil, and green crayon. The verso of leaf 6 includes the following list:

• I
• Pictures of War
• Red Badge of Courage
• The Little Regiment
• Three Miraculous Soldiers
• A Mystery of Heroism
• An Indiana Campaign
• A Grey Sleeve
• Story-Youth's Companion


• Vol. II
• Maggie
• George's Mother
• Minor Conflicts


• Vol. III
• The Monster
• Whilomville Stories


• Vol. IV
• Active Service

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• Vol. V.
• A Man and Some Others
• The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
• The Wise Men
• The Five White Mice
• One Dash Horses
• The Blue Hotel
• Twelve O'Clock


• Vol. VI
• The Open Boat
• Flanagan


• Vol. VII
• The Price of the Harness
• "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen"
• The Clan of No-Name
• The Lone Charge of William B. Perkins
• The Charge of the Adolphus

Several notes of explanation about the list are necessary. "Story—Youth's Companion" probably refers to "An Episode of War," which Crane sold to Youth's Companion in 1896. The corresponding editor of the magazine had written Crane expressing an interest in publishing his stories; however, only "An Episode of War" appeared there.[2] "Minor Conflicts" refers not to a particular story but to a heading in the table of contents of the English edition of The Open Boat (1898). Under the heading are "The Open Boat," "A Man and Some Others," "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," "The Wise Men," "The Five White Mice," "Flanagan and His Short Filibustering Adventure," "Horses," and "Death and the Child." Curiously, Crane listed all but the last story in volumes 5 and 6, thus raising the question as to what he meant to include under "Minor Conflicts" in volume 2. Perhaps they were to be Bowery tales to supplement Maggie and George's Mother. Finally, "The Charge of the Adolphus" is most likely an early title (or else a contaminated reading from the preceding entry) for "The Revenge of the Adolphus," which he revised after showing it to Commander J. C. Colwell, the U. S. Naval Attaché to the American Embassy in London.

The list shows that Crane envisioned the works printed as a seven-volume set perhaps by William Heinemann, who published the English edition of The Open Boat and Pictures of War (1898), Crane's "Volume 1." The list also helps date the composition of "This Majestic Lie." Although R. W. Stallman concluded that Crane wrote the story in Havana in October, 1898, four items on the list suggest otherwise.[3] Crane's first mention of "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" is in a letter dated 1 February 1899 to James B. Pinker, his literary agent in London: "You will be glad to know that I am now writing a story with which you can have good game: 'God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen.'"[4]

"The Revenge of the Adolphus" was written between March—early May, 1899 (VI, pp. cxxxi). Although Crane began thinking about Active Service in October, 1897, he did not finish it till mid-May, 1899 (III, pp. li-liii). And "Twelve O'Clock" was apparently finished around August, 1899 (V, pp. cxix-cxx). The dating of the four stories gives more evidence to Fredson Bowers' conclusion that Crane finished the "Lie" in September, 1899 (VI, pp. lxxxix-xc).

To simplify collation of the manuscript with the text of "This Majestic Lie," the table of "Substantive and Accidental Variants" uses the same format as other tables of variants in the Virginia edition. Each entry begins with a page-line reference. The first reading is from volume six in the edition; following the bracket is the reading in the manuscript. A wavy dash (˜) signifies repetition of the same word in the edition; a subscript caret (&c.rat;) signifies lack of punctuation. A dagger (τ) points the reader forward to "Alterations in the Manuscript," where the record for the entry is completed. And an asterisk (*) means that the reader should consult the textual note for the entry in the Virginia edition. Accidentals occurring repeatedly are recorded the first time only with et seq. For example, the notation "202.25 et seq. Café] Cafe" means that beginning with page 202, line 25, every time "Cafe" appears in the manuscript it lacks an acute accent. Not recorded are minutiae invariably used by Crane that a typist or compositor would have automatically corrected: uncrossed "t's," "it's" for "its," and contractions with no apostrophe like "wont," "dont," and "cant." Crane's inconsistent positioning of punctuation marks is also not recorded.

Most of the variants are accidentals and show especially Crane's penchant for hyphens. Some variants result from carelessness and would have eventually been corrected. A few, though, answer questions raised by the textual notes in the Virginia edition, while others change the meaning of the text. In the note to "204.14 rang," for example, Bowers concluded that "Despite the general authority of A1 [Wounds in the Rain, the copy-text], its reading 'sang' for N [New York Herald, the text collated against A1] 'rang' seems affected more by an assumed need for conformity with 'sang' also in 204.14 than with the sense" (VI, p. 330). However, in the manuscript Crane wrote "sang," not "rang." In another passage, Crane describes Johnnie's attitude after being blackmailed in an attempt to buy eggs, bread, and coffee: "Johnnie's subsequent activity in Havana could truthfully be related in part to a certain temporary price of eggs. It is interesting to note how close that famous event got to his eye so that, according to the law of perspective, it was as big as the Capitol at Washington, where centres the spirit of his nation. Around him he felt a similar and ferocious expression of life which informed him too plainly that if he was caught he was doomed" (216.25-31). Crane did not write "similar and ferocious," as in the printed authorities, but rather "sinister and ferocious." The word similar is confusing because Johnnie's life

has not been compared with any other "expression of life." Sinister makes more sense in the context of the passage as well as with the next two sentences: "Neither the garrison nor the citizens of Havana would tolerate any nonsense in regard to him if he was caught. He would have the steel screw against his neck in short order."

Crane's own changes, as listed in "Alterations in the Manuscript," reveal his correcting mistakes (though not all), clarifying images by choosing more precise words, and altering the tone. At one point, for example, Martha says to Johnnie, "I'm old enough to be your mother or, maybe, your grand-father . . ." (215.16-17), but Crane changed "father," an obvious mistake, to "mother." Other alterations—e.g., "blue and white pyjama uniforms" for "blue and white" (202.26-27), "stammered" for "gasped" (212.10), "surveyed" for "looked" (213.32), and "gazed" for "looked" (215.30)—more appropriately fit the context.

Deletions also affect the tone of important passages. Early in the story Crane describes the hostility of Cubans, who, believing that the Americans have lost in the Philippines, lament "How unfortunate it is that we still have to buy meat in Havana when so much [Yankee] pork is floating in Manila Bay." Crane reflected on his description, the bracketed section being part of what he originally wrote: "This will be thought to be embittered writing. Very well; the writer admits its untruthfulness in one particular. It is untruthful in that it fails to reproduce one-hundredth part of the grossness and indecency of popular expression in Havana up to the time when the people knew they were beaten [and in defence of this statement the writer will eagerly [accept] meet the contentions of any man who will first prove that he has enough information and intelligence from which to make an argument.]" (202.8-14). Crane first deleted "accept" for "meet," then canceled the second half of the last sentence. Apparently he had originally intended to keep the sentence intact, for on the verso of leaf 1 are two word counts, the first one taken before the passage was deleted; the second, after. He must have eventually felt that the original version was too arrogant and defensive.

Crane altered another passage dealing with the nature of reporting. Throughout Wounds in the Rain (as well as other works such as Active Service) he railed against the yellow journalism of Joseph Pulitzer's World and William Randolph Hearst's Journal, whose editors expected a reporter "to bawl into their ears a whirlwind tale of heroism, blood, death, victory or defeat—at any rate, a tragedy" (204.21-23). Stories were misrepresented. If a news story "arrived at Key West as a mouse, it was often enough cabled north as an elephant" (204.16-18). If reporters objected to sensationalistic reporting, "managing editors fought us tooth and nail and we were all sent boxes of medals inscribed: 'Incompetency.' . . . we were urged by our managing-editors to remember that the American people were a collection of super-nervous idiots who would immediately have [bloody] convulsions if we did not throw them some [carrion of false] news—any news" (205.4-6, 12-16). Again, Crane deleted the bracketed words. Though small, the deletions

soften the abusive tone and, perhaps more importantly, lessen a comparison between the enemy's cannibalistic clamoring for corpses of Yankee pigs and Americans' "bloody convulsions" if they are not fed "some carrion of false news."

One other alteration concerns a date in the text. Crane originally wrote "I met Johnnie in Havana in November, 1898" (220.8), but then changed November to October. Because Crane was careless in dating his own letters, sometimes listing the wrong day or year, it is curious he should be concerned with accuracy here. It suggests a difference in concern with detail between fiction and real life.

The discovery of the manuscript for "This Majestic Lie" thus allows us to examine the holograph for variants and to observe Crane's mind at work as he alters the text. Scholars can now see what Crane wrote and learn more about his writing practices.

Substantive and Accidental Variants

• 201.0 I] omit
• 201.1 twilight&c.rat;] ˜,
• 201.5 far-away] faraway
• 201.6 happy,] ˜&c.rat;
• *201.7 Patricio Montojo] ˜ de ˜
• 201.10 time,] ˜&c.rat;
• 201.12 La Lucha and La Marina] "˜˜" ˜ "˜˜"
• 201.13 foretold] fore-told
• 201.17, 29; 202.9, τ37, 38 Manila Bay] Manilla bay
• 201.17 laughter&c.rat;] ˜,
• 201.23 Maine] roman
• 201.24; τ202.23, 28 Manila] Manilla
• 202.2 and&c.rat; also&c.rat;] ˜, ˜,
• 202.4 an] the
• 202.16 crowd&c.rat;] ˜,
• τ202.21 Cabanas] Cabañas
• 202.25 et seq. Café] Cafe
• 202.29 companion] companions
• 202.32 crucifixion] crucifiction
• 202.33 tender, but&c.rat;] ˜&c.rat;˜,
• 202.34 chivalrous,] ˜&c.rat;
• 202.37 jubilee—] ˜;
• 202.38 mocking, mocking] ˜&c.rat;˜
• 203.12 trimmer,] ˜&c.rat;
• 203.14 watchmaker] ˜-˜
• 203.15 oaths,] ˜&c.rat;
• 203.17 trimmers,] ˜&c.rat;
• 203.25 air—] ˜,
• 203.26 crop&c.rat;] ˜,
• 203.27 insurgents,] ˜&c.rat;
• 203.32 train,] ˜&c.rat;
• 203.33 West&c.rat;] ˜,
• 204.1 tries] trys
• 204.2 Really&c.rat;] ˜,
• 204.6 received] recieved
• 204.6 sympathy,] ˜&c.rat;
• 204.12 meantime&c.rat;] ˜,
• 204.12 gunboats] ˜-˜
• *204.14 rang] sang
• 204.17 mouse,] ˜&c.rat;
• 204.19 perspective,] ˜&c.rat;
• 204.23 victory&c.rat;] ˜—
• 204.34 furor] furour
• 205.8 armored] armoured
• 205.10 turret&c.rat;] ˜,
• 205.12 good names] ˜-˜
• 205.16 news—any news] ˜&c.rat;˜˜
• 205.19 that,] ˜&c.rat;
• 206.3 tenderness,] ˜&c.rat;
• 206.10 Sometimes&c.rat;] ˜,
• 206.17 squadron,] ˜&c.rat;
• 206.19 time,] ˜&c.rat;
• 206.20 guns,] ˜&c.rat;
• 206.28 leave] live
• 206.29 it&c.rat;]˜,
• 206.29 all&c.rat;] ˜,
• 206.30 tug&c.rat;] ˜,
• 206.34 commonplace] ˜-˜
• 206.35 night&c.rat;] ˜,
• 207.11 stairway] ˜-˜
• 207.12 orange tree] ˜-˜
• 207.17 are,] ˜&c.rat;
• 207.24; 210.23 cupboard] ˜-˜
• 207.24 et seq. codfish] ˜-˜
• 207.35 true,] ˜&c.rat;
• τ208.7 thunder,] ˜&c.rat;
• 208.8 overturning] ˜-˜
• 208.25 Johnnie!] ˜?

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• 208.33 patio,] ˜&c.rat;
• 209.8 figures,] ˜&c.rat;
• 209.15 et seq. Señor] Senor
• 209.22 house,] ˜&c.rat;
• 209.31 There,] ˜!
• 209.35 boy?] ˜!
• 209.35 conduct,] ˜&c.rat;
• 209.38 et seq. señora] senora
• 209.40 tongue,] ˜&c.rat;
• τ210.2 wardrobe] ˜-˜
• 210.3 overturn] ˜-˜
• 210.4 upstairs] ˜-˜
• 210.8 adjuring] abjuring
• 210.10 room&c.rat;] ˜,
• 210.14 fell] feel
• 210.15 nightie] nightey
• 210.15 asleep,] ˜&c.rat;
• 210.18 door,] ˜&c.rat;
• 210.19 held up] held
• 210.20 medicine] medecine
• τ210.30-31 Capitan Señor Don] Capitan (Don Senor)
• 210.31 Valladolid,] ˜&c.rat;
• 210.35 Dios] dios
• τ210.35 band&c.rat;] ˜!
• 210.36 staircase] ˜-˜
• 211.7 sich] such
• 211.10 Hush!] ˜.
• 211.14 cucumber-frame] ˜&c.rat;˜
• 211.16 overwhelmed] ˜-˜
• 211.17 Oh,] ˜&c.rat;
• 212.21 salad&c.rat;] ˜,
• 212.27 doorway] ˜-˜
• 212.28 them,] ˜&c.rat;
• 212.33 conceive] concieve
• 212.34 caught,] ˜&c.rat;
• 212.35-36 which could not] which not
• 212.36 conceded] conceeded
• 213.3 Inside&c.rat;] ˜,
• 213.14 time&c.rat;] ˜,
• 213.17 greeting,] ˜&c.rat;
• 213.17 develop] develope
• 213.23 to-night] tonight
• τ213.32 surveyed] ˜ at
• 213.39 nutmeg] ˜-˜
• 214.1 coffee&c.rat;] ˜,
• *214.17 Fifty] Five
• 214.20 dol—&c.rat;] ˜—. . .
• 214.23 him&c.rat;] ˜,
• 214.25 are,] ˜&c.rat;
• 215.4 thinking,] ˜&c.rat;
• 215.7 two centenes] a centene
• 215.11 over&c.rat;] ˜,
• 215.13 police,] ˜&c.rat;
• 215.17 mother, or&c.rat;] ˜&c.rat;˜,
• 215.18 lot;] ˜&c.rat;
• τ215.21 he] ye
• 215.22-23 His Highness] his highness
• 215.25 minutes,] ˜&c.rat;
• 216.2 Martha,] ˜&c.rat;
• 216.6 ,however,] &c.rat;˜&c.rat;
• 216.11 br-e-a-d-d-d] br-e-a-ddd
• τ216.20 jiminy] jimininy
• 216.21 Say,] ˜&c.rat;
• 216.22 war&c.rat;] ˜,
• 216.24 egg!] ˜.
• τ216.28; 217.1 Capitol] capitol
• 216.29 him&c.rat;] ˜,
• 216.30 similar] sinister
• 216.31 caught&c.rat;] ˜,
• τ217.5 height,] ˜&c.rat;
• 217.7 premises,] ˜&c.rat;
• 217.9 length&c.rat;] ˜,
• 217.15 land side] ˜-˜
• 217.32 manoeuvres] manoevres
• 217.36 the Spanish] Spanish
• 217.37 awake&c.rat;] ˜,
• 218.3 taken&c.rat;] ˜,
• 218.7 battle-ground,] ˜-˜&c.rat;
• τ218.17 near.] "˜."
• 218.18 say&c.rat;] ˜,
• 218.21 as if] as
• 218.23 outpost] ˜-˜
• 218.24; 219.1 daybreak] ˜-˜
• 218.24 once,] ˜&c.rat;
• 218.33 2white,] ˜&c.rat;
• 218.35 ten-mile] ˜&c.rat;˜
• 218.37 shirt,] ˜&c.rat;
• 218.38 then&c.rat;] ˜,
• 218.39 night&c.rat;] ˜,
• 219.2 nightfall] ˜-˜
• 219.6 out&c.rat;] ˜,
• 219.8 it&c.rat;] ˜,
• 219.14 return,] ˜&c.rat;
• 219.18 more,] ˜&c.rat;
• 219.20 feast,] ˜&c.rat;
• 219.28 garrote] garote
• 219.28 way,] ˜&c.rat;
• 219.29 at,] ˜&c.rat;
• 219.29 eat,] ˜&c.rat;
• 219.30 forgotten,] ˜&c.rat;
• 219.33 boat,] ˜&c.rat;
• 219.34 receded] receeded
• τ219.38-39 conflict,] ˜&c.rat;
• 220.5-6 government,] ˜&c.rat;
• 220.6 which,] ˜&c.rat;
• 220.6 way,] ˜&c.rat;
• 220.9 Resolute] roman
• 220.9 Scorpion] roman
• 220.10 harbor,] ˜&c.rat;
• 220.16 failure,] ˜&c.rat;
• τ220.18 half-past seven] 7.30

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• 220.18 to-night,] ˜-˜&c.rat;
• 220.22 dinner.] ˜,
• 220.24 dumbfounded] ˜-˜
• 220.28 Havana,] ˜&c.rat;
• 220.33 man,] ˜&c.rat;
• 220.36 standard,] ˜&c.rat;
• 221.4 languor:] ˜.
• 221.4 peacocks'] pea-cock's
• 221.7 well;] ˜&c.rat;
• 221.9 coffee&c.rat;] ˜,
• 221.12 Aguacate&c.rat;] ˜,
• 221.15 2you,] ˜,
• 221.17 d'horv;te] d'hote

Alterations in the Manuscript

• 201.20 fields] preceded by deleted 'friends'
• 201.23 2the] interlined with a caret
• 202.1 fled] preced by deleted 'fleet'
• 202.2 bombardment] a final 's' deleted
• 202.13 indecency] preceded by deleted 'indency'
• 202.14 beaten] followed by deleted 'and in defence of this statement the writer will eagerly accept meet the contentions of any man who will first prove that he has enough information and intelligence from which to make an argument.' of which 'accept' deleted first
• 202.17 woman.] interlined above deleted 'man.'
• 202.21 Cabanas] 'C' over 'c'
• 202.23 Manila] interlined above deleted 'Havana'
• 202.25 2the] interlined with a caret
• 202.26 white] followed by deleted period
• 202.31 He] 'H' over 'h'
• 202.35 people] preceded by deleted 'periods'
• 202.35 both] preceded by deleted 'by' and followed by interlined 'by'
• 202.36 by] interlined with a caret
• 202.36 bred] preceded by deleted 'ble'
• 202.37 Bay] interlined with a caret
• 203.2 it] preceded by deleted 'it'
• 203.25 the] preceded by deleted 'to'
• 203.25 camp] a final 's' deleted
• 203.26 If] preceded by deleted 'He' and 'J'
• 203.29 finding] interlined with a caret
• 203.35 refugee] preceded by deleted 'Cuban'
• 203.38 projected] preceded by deleted 'thought'
• 203.38 methodic] preceded by deleted 'manner'
• 204.6 the loss of] interlined with a caret
• 204.11 probable] interlined with a caret
• 204.28 continuous] deleted 'cant' interlined above
• 204.28 performance] followed by deleted exclamation point
• 204.31-32 go aslant] interlined with a caret above deleted 'of their heads'
• 204.35 trimmer] interlined above deleted 'planter'
• 204.37 heard] preceded by deleted 'noted'
• 205.2 a] interlined above deleted 'our'
• 205.2 babble] followed by deleted period
• 205.4 Meanwhile] interlined with a caret above deleted 'Moreover'
• 205.8 If] preceded by deleted 'They sank ships'
• 205.15 immediately] followed by deleted probable 'th'
• 205.15 convulsions] preceded by deleted 'bloody'
• 205.15 some] followed by deleted 'carrion' of false'
• 205.16 any news.] interlined with a caret between 'news' and a period with extra period not deleted
• 205.19 2them] followed by deleted 'them'
• 205.24 was flying the] interlined with two carets above 'flew his'
• 205.26 akin] interlined with a caret above deleted 'again'
• 205.26 brother] preceded by deleted 'only'
• 205.28 West] interlined with a caret
• 205.30 flag-ship] preceded by deleted 'admiral was'
• 205.30 was in port] interlined with a caret
• 205.35 1a] interlined with a caret
• 205.37 for] preceded by deleted 'b'
• 206.7 irony] preceded by deleted 'deep'
• 206.11 wit] preceded by deleted 'wh'
• 206.16 to know] followed by deleted 'to know'
• 206.20 lacked] interlined above deleted 'had'
• 206.21 less] interlined above deleted 'more'
• 206.22 a] interlined with a caret
• 207.10 chair] interlined above deleted 'seat'
• 207.20 would] interlined wth a caret

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• 207.26 salad] preceded by deleted 'what?'
• 208.7 thunder] followed by deleted period
• 208.8 2of] interlined with a caret
• 208.30 and] followed by deleted 'Martha looked at John'
• 208.32 it] interlined with a caret
• 208.33 so] followed by deleted 'who'
• 208.34 people] interlined at end of line
• 208.34 who knocked] interlined with a caret above deleted 'door knocker'
• 208.40 2it] interlined with a caret
• 209.3 What] 'W' over 'O'
• 209.5 bolts] interlined above deleted 'bolts'
• 209.6 begone] 'o' over 'a'
• 209.8 see] interlined with a caret
• 209.8 one of] interlined with a caret
• 209.10 must] interlined with a caret
• 209.18 in] followed by deleted probable 'h'
• 209.22 there] a final 's' deleted
• 209.23 save] interlined with a caret
• 209.24 any] final 'one' deleted
• 209.38 sake,] interlined with a caret
• 210.1 boy] interlined with a caret
• 210.2 wardrobe] 'd' over 'b', and 'b' (in '-robe') over 'k'
• 210.9 as] preceded by deleted 'the'
• 210.12 he] preceded by deleted 'p'
• 210.22 and] followed by deleted 'prodded'
• 210.22 prodded] 1'd' over illegible letter and 2'd' over probable 'a'
• 210.27 shook] followed by deleted 'at'
• 210.30 El] 'E' over 'e'
• 210.30 Capitan] 'C' over 'c'
• 210.34 cognac] preceded by deleted 'brandy'
• 210.35 band] interlined above deleted 'men'
• 210.39 he] initial 's' deleted
• 211.10 Do] followed by deleted 'th'
• 211.10 the] interlined
• 211.11 walrus] interlined above deleted 'bull'
• 211.25 them] followed by deleted ',she'
• 211.25 she] interlined with a caret
• 211.29 the] interlined with a caret
• 212.1 Martha] preceded by deleted 'With a moan'
• 212.5 Café] followed by deleted 'de'
• 212.10 stammered] interlined with a caret above deleted 'gasped'
• 212.25 Near] interlined with a caret above deleted 'On'
• 212.35 impossible] followed by deleted 'o'
• 212.36 mouldered] interlined above deleted 'moulded'
• 213.3 officers] followed by deleted period
• 213.4 to] final 'ward' deleted
• 213.5 had] interlined with a caret
• 213.8 stone] followed by deleted 'as he g'
• 213.9 "Buenos] preceded by deleted '"Good evening'
• 213.22 answered] preceded by deleted 'sai'
• 213.22 2the] interlined with a caret
• 213.23 one] preceded by deleted 'and'
• 213.28 Do] a final 'nt' deleted
• 213.32 surveyed] interlined above deleted 'looked'
• 213.33 Then] preceded by deleted probable quotation mark
• 214.14 mirror] followed by deleted 'out'
• 214.27 2bread?] question mark altered from period
• 214.36 saints] final 's' inserted
• 214.36 what] interlined with a caret
• 215.5 peach] 'p' over 'I'
• 215.9 piece] followed by deleted period
• 215.16 saints] final 's' inserted
• 215.17 grandmother] 'mother' interlined above deleted 'father'
• 215.18 but] 'b' altered from 'd'
• 215.18 2a] interlined with a caret
• 215.20, 22 ye] interlined above deleted 'you'
• 215.21 he] 'ye' interlined with a caret above deleted 'you'
• 215.22 for] interlined with a caret
• 215.24 lightnin',] written as 'lightning!"' with 'g!"' deleted and '',' added
• 215.26 viand] 'a' over 'v'
• 215.30 gazed] preceded by deleted 'look'
• 216.3 Havana] 'H' over 'S'
• 216.3 saying.] preceded by deleted 'epigram.'
• 216.7 The] 'T' over 'O'
• 216.8 manner] interlined above 'gruffness'
• 216.13 her] interlined with a caret
• 216.15 know] interlined with a caret
• 216.20 jiminy] 'y' altered from 'g'
• 216.23 charge] preceded by deleted 'fif'
• 216.28 Capitol] 'o' over 'a'
• 216.29 Around] preceded by deleted 'It was'
• 216.30 felt] followed by deleted 'the'
• 216.36 It] followed by deleted 'did'
• 217.5 to] interlined with a caret
• 217.5 height] followed by deleted 'bo'
• 217.8 of] interlined with a caret

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• 217.20 never] interlined above deleted 'not'
• 217.22 1his] 'h' over 'f'
• 217.22 risk] 'k' over 'l'
• 217.22 2continued] followed by deleted 'to'
• 217.23 satisfaction] preceded by deleted 'deligh'
• 217.24 Martha] followed by deleted comma
• 217.28 it] 'i' over 'u' and 't' over 's'
• 217.30 1as] interlined with a caret
• 217.32 and Guanabacoa] interlined with a caret
• 217.35 dreaming] preceded by deleted 'and'
• 217.37 dreamed] preceded by deleted 'worked'
• 217.37 thought] preceded by deleted 'even'
• 218.9 streaks] interlined above deleted 'lines'
• 218.10 dust] followed by deleted period, then comma added
• 218.17 near] interlined above deleted 'dangerous'
• 218.23 further] 'u' over 'a'
• 218.31 should] followed by deleted 'me'
• 218.31 coast] followed by deleted 'and'
• 218.32 to] squeezed in between 'was' and 'wave'
• 218.35 After] interlined with a caret and preceded by deleted 'In'
• 218.35 through] followed by deleted 'po'
• 218.37 would] 'w' over 'c'
• 219.2 rag] interlined above deleted 'banner'
• 219.12 "Recovered] preceded by deleted '"ut'
• 219.13 corner.] followed by deleted quotation mark
• 219.19 with] followed by deleted 'm'
• 219.19 gold] followed by deleted 'wine'
• 219.21 audibly] interlined
• 219.26 fitted] written as 'was fitting' with 'was' and 'ing' deleted and 'ed' interlined above 'ing'
• 219.34 his] preceded by deleted 'seo'
• 219.35 left] followed by deleted 'J'
• 219.36 pounds] interlined above deleted 'tons'
• 219.38-39 conflict] interlined above deleted 'war'
• 220.8 October] interlined above deleted 'November'
• 220.9 U.S.S.] 2'S' over 'A'
• 220.11 any] followed by deleted 'more'
• 220.15 than] interlined with a caret
• 220.16 but] followed by deleted 'he'
• 220.16 not] interlined with a caret
• 220.18 half-past seven] followed by deleted comma and quotation mark
• 220.26 ability] preceded by deleted 'entire working'
• 220.28 related] interlined above deleted 'confined'
• 220.30 Neither] preceded by deleted 'Neither'
• 220.32 I] followed by deleted 'though'
• 220.32 him] written as 'himself' with 'self' deleted
• 220.33 simple] followed by deleted 'f'
• 221.19 that's] followed by deleted period

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