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Characters in this exact text
Baber Ali KhanBaber Ali Khan — Adam Khel Afridi chief whose safe-conduct Clanton needsMentionedfirst: Clanton discusses needing his protection and safe-conduct.Mirza PashaMirza Pasha — Persian agent of Baber Ali Khan who conspires with Sonya/OlgaOn Pagefirst: Clanton meets him in the street after leaving Sonya's house.MusaMusa — Peshawur dive-keeper who mixes the bhang/charas drinkOn Pagefirst: The one-eyed Waziri tells Musa to give Clanton bhang.Sonya OrmanoffSonya Ormanoff — white woman in Peshawur who conspires to seize Clanton's riflesOn Pagefirst: Opening sentence.Wild Bill ClantonWild Bill ClantonOn Pagefirst: Opening sentence.Yar AbdullahYar Abdullah — chief/leader of Secunderam, rival of Yussef JehungirMentionedfirst: Named as Yussef Jehungir's rival in the gun-maker's explanation and later plot confession.Yussef JehungirYussef Jehungir — Waziri chief of Khor; potential buyer/beneficiary in the rifle plotMentionedfirst: The gun-maker identifies him as a buyer; Mirza later says Sonya planned to sell him the rifles.
Surviving manuscript evidence
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Draft 3 — surviving Howard copyHoward typescript
CompletenessComplete
Physical extent: Complete untitled copy on yellow paper; source does not state manuscript page count
TSS: 70071–70092
Untitled Howard copy on yellow paper with internal false starts/replacements in the TSS run.
Additional documentary notes
- Untitled Witness: Draft 3 is untitled. (witness level)
- Paper Stock: The copy is on yellow paper. (whole witness)
- False Start: TSS 70087 is a false start and was replaced by TSS 70085. (TSS 70087)
- Pagination Anomaly: TSS 70088 is unnumbered but should have been manuscript page 17. (TSS 70088)
- False Start: TSS 70091 is a false start and was replaced by TSS 70090. (TSS 70091)
Source: First Cuts: The Veiled Manuscripts v1.4, Murderer's Grog Contents and Editorial Notes pp. 409–410; Draft 3 pp. 439–455
