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Authors: Virginia Woolf

Orlando (43 page)

192.23

some time or other. But where?   ]   some time or other before. But when? But where?

192.31

‘Sir Nicholas!’ she exclaimed.   ]   ‘Sir Nicholas!’ she replied.

198.7

ceaselessly in a circle.   ]   ceaselessly in a circle round her.

198.12

on her finger. She read a sentence and looked up at the sky; she looked up at the sky and looked down at the newspaper. Life?   ]   on her finger. She was distracted between the two. She looked at the paper and looked up; she looked at the sky and looked down. Life?

199.35

ridiculous, like my hyacinth, husband I mean, Bonthrop: that’s what it is — a toy boat on the Serpentine, ecstasy — it’s ecstasy that matters. Thus she spoke aloud,   ]   ridiculous, ‘like my hyacinth, husband I mean, Bonthrop: that’s what it is — a toy boat on the Serpentine, it’s ecstasy — ecstasy.’ Thus she spoke aloud,

202.2

lectures on the Influence] lectures upon the Influence

202.6

all those fur tippets   ]   all these fur tippets

204.32

the midwife, putting her first-born child into Orlando’s arms. In other words   ]   the midwife. In other words

206.5

cry now. Water was hot   ]   cry now. People were much gayer. Water was hot

206.31

one side and the future   ]   one side, the future

206.32

ran downstairs, she jumped into her motor car, she pressed the self-starter.   ]   ran downstairs, jumped into her motor car, pressed the self-starter.

209.17

a girl’s? — young, slender, seductive — a girl, by God! furred,
pearled, in Russian trousers; but faithless, faithless!   ]   a girl’s – furred, pearled, in Russian trousers – young, slender, seduc tive — a girl, by God! but faithless, faithless!

209.28

shop towards her.   ]   shop toward her.

209.33

white flowers, and old ships that it brought   ]   white flowers and Russian sailors that it brought

211.12

dispute. For it is a difficult business –   ]   dispute. Indeed it is a difficult business —

211.35

was written ‘Ra—Un’,   ]   written in great letters ‘Ra—Un,’

212.9

the chopping up small of identity which   ]   the chopping up small of body and mind, which

212.30

person to call, directly   ]   person to say, directly

213.32

all were different   ]   all these selves were different

214.21

morning listening to the pigeons on fine linen;   ]   morning on fine linen; listening to the pigeons;

214.22

Spoilt? Perhaps. Too many things for nothing. Hence my books (here she mentioned   ]   Spoilt? Perhaps (here another self came in). My books (here she mentioned

214.32

Trees, she said. (Here another self came in.) I love trees (she was passing a clump) growing there a thousand years.   ]   Trees, she said. (She was passing a clump. Here another self came in.) I love trees, trees growing there a thousand years.

215.2

question.) I don’t know. Chattering, spiteful,   ]   question.) Chattering, spiteful,

215.6

I like peasants.   ]   Peasants I like.

215.10

and we must snatch space to remark   ]   and we must here snatch time to remark

215.12

this culmination to which the whole book moved, this peroration with which the book was to end, should be dashed from us   ]   this culmination and peroration should be dashed from us

215.27

here and there like a barbaric necklace   ]   here and there (another self came in) like a barbaric necklace

215.28

she sang, accenting the words strongly, ‘and see the moon   ]   she sang, ‘and see the moon

216.15

came over her (she had passed through the lodge gates and was entering the park).   ]   came over her as she passed through the lodge gates into the park.

216.26

established they fall silent.   ]   established there is nothing more to be said.

217.9

significance themselves,   ]   significance in themselves,

218.2

as theirs had stored in them a myriad moods   ]   as theirs had been had stored in them a myriad moods

218.7

each other for close on four centuries now.   ]   each other close on four centuries now.

218.13

come to them as boy and woman, crying and dan cing,   ]   come to them as child, as man, crying and dancing,

218.34

however faintly,   ]   however faint,

219.1

laid with whole oak trees   ]   laid with oak trees

220.30

the marking of veins and petals.   ]   the markings of veins and petals.

220.31

on his gaiters was visible; she   ]   on his gaiters; she

223.3

as if whenever the gulf of time gaped   ]   as if every time the gulf of time gaped

223.24

a shadow without substance   ]   a shadow and without substance

223.29

comprehensible. Her mind began to toss like the sea. Yes, she thought,   ]   comprehensible. Yes, she thought,

224.17

partly something else, as if her mind had become a forest with glades branching here and there; things came nearer, and further, and mingled and separated and made the strangest alliances and combinations in an incessant chequer of light and shade. Except when Canute,   ]   partly something else, and each gained an odd moving power from this union of itself and something not itself so that with this mixture of truth and falsehood her mind became like a forest in which things moved; lights and shadows changed, and one thing became another. Except when Canute,

225.26

and the garden blowing irises   ]   and the gardens blowing irises

226.4

Nelson had gone. ‘And there’, she thought,   ]   Nelson had gone. ‘And that,’ she thought,

226.17

on all your dishes,   ]   on all the dishes,

226.23

fields, cottages with lamps in them,   ]   fields, lamps in cottage windows,

226.33

Cape Horn. She looked into the darkness. There was   ]   Cape Horn. There was

227.15

sky and sea. Then he came.   ]   sky and sea. It was then that he came.

227.27

As she spoke, the first stroke of midnight sounded.   ]   Immediately, the first stroke of midnight sounded.

*
The Captain must have been mistaken, as a reference to any textbook of literature will show; but the mistake was a kindly one, and so we let it stand.

*
These sayings are too well known to require repetition, and besides, they are all to be found in his published works.

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