^{[5 A>}'Sdense !^{<A 5]} Therewith ^[4 <there> ^4] was released 48.05 a poisoning ^[4 volume^TN1 of ^4] cloud indeed ^{[5 TD} <!> . ^5] Yet all they who heard or redelivered are now as much no more as ^[4 <were> be ^4] they not yet now or had they then ^[4 <not ever> notever ^4] been. ^[4 <Perhaps> Canbe ^4] in some future we shall presently ^[4 <hear> here ^4] 48.1048.15 the zitherer of the past ^[4 <and> with ^4] his merrymen ^[4 all, zimzim ^{[6 TD} ,^{TN2 6]} zimzim ^4] . ^[5 Of ^{[6 TD} <^A>of^<A> Of^{TN3 6] 5]} the ^[4 persons ^A>persins^{<A 4] [4} <in> sin ^{4] [5} the story ^A>this Eyrawyggla saga^{<A 5]} (which is ^[4 {all} ^4] from ^[4 <tub> tubb ^4] to ^[4 <bottom> buttom^TN4 all ^4] falsetissues ^[4 , ^4] antilibellous and nonactionable ^{[4 [5 TD} <,> ^{5] 4] [4} <&> and ^4] this applies ^[4 <in> to its ^4] whole ^[5 volume ^A>wholume^{<A 5]} ) ^{[4 [6 TD} <.>^{TN5 6] [5} Of ^A>of^{<A 5] 4]} Osti , 48.20quite a musical genius in a small way ^[4 {,} ^4] and the owner of an exceedingly niced ear , no one end ^{[6 TD} <is> in^{TN6 6]} known .

Textual Notes

¹ In level 3 overlay, “volume” is the last word of overlay “(which is . . . volume” (FW: 48.17-19), but that word “volume” immediately follows and is alone on a line with the overlay “poisoning”" which is inserted within “a cloud” (FW: 48.05). Clearly, “a poisoning cloud” is what Joyce had in mind, and “volume” had nothing to do with it. On level 4, however, Joyce is misled by the contiguity of those two actually separate overlays into copying both words (and adding “of” for the grammar) at FW: 48.05, but he copies “volume” again in its proper place as well.

² The comma which appears after the first “zimzim” at level 6, since it improves the punctuation (although not obligatory) suggests instruction.

³ Joyce seems quite clearly, and quite incorrectly, to overwrite the capital “O” of “Of” to lower case at level 5. Perhaps he saw the close parenthesis after “wholume”, missed the period, and thought his sentence continued. It is capitalized again at level 6, perhaps under instruction.

⁴ Note that “button”, corrected on level 6 but that correction unattended to on level 7, appears correctly as “buttom” on level 8, suggesting some extradraft instruction.

⁵ At level 4 Joyce, most unusually, turns a grammatical sentence to a fragment: “Of the persins sin the story (. . .) .”, with nothing after the parentheses. Since it is where he copies “volume” for the second time from level 3 overlay (see note above), I think he was simply nodding, rather than intending some special effect. The grammar is corrected in stages, the case of “Of” being lowered on level 5 and the period disappearing on level 6, probably under instruction, though the correction makes the “saga” read as Hosty's rather than Earwicker's.

⁶ “in”, wrong on levels 6 and 7, is correctly “is” at level 8, corrected in some extradraft instruction.