FINNEGANS WAKE
Protodrafts
1st draft, October-November 1925, III§4T draft level 0
MS British Library 47482a 6-8 Draft details
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How did he amass the balance he has at the bank? That is everybody's secret. Simply by repeated failures. First he |awas confiscated wandered |bfor a changeb| out of
his |bhealthswept home farmer's healthb| and lost his ways backa|: then |a|bby
accident accidentallyb| |bflames
flamersºb| |bburst
|cbroke |dran straggledd|c|b|
|bout of wildb| his |bpretentorium
parsonfiredb| wicket in |bthe allb| shapes of striplings in
|bsleepingsuits sleepless |csuits tightsc|b|:a| a pipe broke
|aout on overa| his |atemporala| premises
|ashortly promptlya| after, |athe main burst & misflooded his fortunes, a main chanced to burst, misflooding his fortunes,
|x&º wrothing foulplay over his |afinea| poultry yard wherein it left a bare two of a feather or wading room
only:x| |b&º in time finishing up his fortunesb|a| then |aafter due
reflotationa| |acame a got up 4a| hooligans gale & scattered his
|aplateglassa| walls |a& halfseta| slates of
|aall his cooked a/cs the a/cs he was cookinga|. O, never again, unread
|asaid the swore ata| Lloyd's. |anot for beaten wheat. |bYour ear
that's? Pepep paidup policier.b|a|
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After, three buglers |aburgled crossburgleda| him, later on |ain the same
|bafternoon evening of the same dayb|a|, two hussites absconded |a|bfrom him through
a breach in his bylawsb|a| & left him|a, the infidels,a| without a character till, ultimately,
|aas camea| the crowning |astraw
barleystrawa| when an explosium of his distilleries |adeafeyed
deafandumpeda| all his |adry |bdumb dryb|a| goods down to his
|aoldtime dry drytimea| sinflute and
|aleft |bdumped leftb|a| him,
|aall that whata| remains of a heptarch, weeping worrybound on his bankrump. |aPopop pay bearer at foot of ohoho honest
policy.a| |aNotwithstanding withstandinga| he was |amorea| preferable to both of his
thrownfolwers: |aShem Jeebiesa|, |augh,a| that was an ill man.
|aShaun |bJawboss
Jawbooseb|a|, |asure for sure,a|
|athat thisa| is |aa onea| sweet
man|a, puddigood,a| but, bagdad, sir, Homofree, that would be |ayour
one'sa| chogfuld |aman & hallowmost championed
enkelmanna|.