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[[wave scribble in black felt pen running along the first line to frame the top of the page-image]] 3 + 10 + 7 + 3 = 23 [[arrow in black felt pen to fill the line-image]] [[arrow in black felt pen-image]]einszweidreivierfünfsechssieben achtneunzehnelfzwölfdreizehn vierzehnfünfzehnsechzehnsiebze hnachtzehnneunzehnzwanzig einundzwanzigzweiundzwanzig dreiundzwanzig [[arrow in black felt pen-image]] 23 4 + 10 + 7 + 3 = 24 [[arrow in black felt pen to fill the rest of the line-image]] [[arrow in black felt pen-image]] einszweidreivierfünfsechssieben achtneunzehnelfzwölfdreizehn vierzehnfünfzehnsechzehnsiebze hnachtzehnneunzehnzwanzig einundzwanzigzweiundzwanzig dreiundzwanzigvierundzwanzig[[arrow in black felt pen-image]] 24 3 + 10 + 7 + 3 = 23 [[arrow in black felt pen to fill the rest of the line-image]] [[short arrow in black felt pen-image]][[arrow in black felt pen to fill the rest of the line-image]] "Alas, this world is real, [[in red felt pen set over second arrow in black felt pen]] 10 [[in black felt pen, set over second arrow in black felt pen, in front of the arrowhead]] [[arrow in black felt pen to fill the line-image]] 20[[in black felt pen, set over arrow in black felt pen, in front of the arrowhead]] [[short line in black felt pen ending with dash-image]] 23[[in black felt pen, set over line in black felt pen, in front of the dash]] 4 + 10 + 7 + 3 = 24 [[arrow in black felt pen to fill the rest of the line-image]] [[short arrow in black felt pen-image]][[arrow in black felt pen to fill the rest of the line-image]] 10[[in black felt pen, set over the second arrow in black felt pen, in front of the arrowhead]] [[arrow in black felt pen to fill the line-image]] 20[[in black felt pen, set over arrow in black felt pen, in front of the arrowhead]] i, Alas, am Borges"... [[set in red felt pen on arrow in black felt pen; followed by wave scribble in red felt pen]] [[short line in black felt pen ending with dash-image]] 24[[in black felt pen, set over line in black felt pen, in front of the dash]] [[bracket in black felt pen in width of line-image, set over and pointing to following word]] translation [[set in the middle of the line]] i will be as quiet as pencil [[text from here on in red felt pen]] and paper as writing is [[arrow in red felt pen to fill the line-image]] [[short arrow in red felt pen-image]] writing [[in red felt pen]] [[underlined wave scribble in red felt pen running along the whole line-image]] [[underlined wave scribble in red felt pen running along the whole line-image]] [[wave scribble in red felt pen over short line in red felt pen ending in a dash-image]] [[short line in red felt pen-image]]; love [[short line in red felt pen-image]] [[wave scribble in red felt pen]] [[short line in red felt pen-image]] 3 [[in black felt pen, underlined twice]]