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Guns of Khartum — Draft 2 page 10 false start

Part of Guns of Khartum

StateDraft 2 — page 10 false startSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1
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Textual relationship

Branch Of Draft 2

Characters in this exact text

Emmett CorcoranEmmett Corcoran — American ivory hunter and defender of Khartum in Guns of KhartumOn Pagefirst: Identity is fixed by the page-10 branch's continuation of the Corcoran/Zelda scene.ZeldaZelda — Somali servant/half-caste in Guns of KhartumOn Pagefirst: The fragment continues Zelda's ultimatum to Corcoran.

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Draft 2 page 10 — surviving false-start leafHoward typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: Single isolated page 10 false-start leaf

TSS: 45067

Separate originally typed page 10 regarded as a false start related to Guns of Khartum Draft 2-CC.

Additional documentary notes

  • False Start: Separate originally typed page 10 regarded as a false start related to Draft 2-CC. (manuscript page 10)

Source: First Cuts: The Veiled Manuscripts v1.4, Guns of Khartum Editorial Notes p. 301; false-start transcription p. 341; TSS 45067.

Published in

The Veiled Manuscripts - First Cuts: The Drafts and FragmentsREH Foundation PressJune 2026 (paperback) est. July 27, 2026 (hardcover)↗