pages 438–9

A spread from the Valentino erasure. The text reads: “in Paris / later generations / favored / demonstrations / a London visit / deemed unsatisfactory / he / watched all night for the / ghost / of wisdom / They were family / his method / dealt in detail / He described / astronomy / and / healing / levels of dancing / his surprise / to find no birds or insects / and / sounds not unlike / voices / in great mists”