[BNP/E3, 27²¹L⁴ – 6]

I began thus writing a journal or diary I proposed to keep: “Private Diary.” “You had better write that clear,” said Nabos, “because as it is no one can read it but you.”[1]

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“How many private diaries” said Nabos once to me, “are written for the sake of posterity.” “It was just that thought,” I replied, “that made me leave off writing mine.” “Even if you had not” Nabos retorted with some irony, “you would never have had energy or memory to go on with it”

“Nabos,” said I once to him; “do you know what happened to me just now?” “No,” he replied; “the only thing I know is that it didn’t happen to you”.

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[1] “because as it is no one can read it but you.” ^{/[because as it is, it is not readable by anyone save by you.].\}