Note 65 — JOURNAL TO STELLA (continued 2)
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The bellman’s accents. Cf. Pepys’ Diary, Jan. 16, 1659–60: “I staid up till the bellman came by with his bell just under my window as I was writing of this very line, and cried, ‘Past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morning.’”