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Textual relationship
Alternate Ending From Draft 3
Characters in this exact text
Baber Ali KhanBaber Ali Khan — Adam Khel Afridi chief whose safe-conduct Clanton needsMentionedfirst: Mirza says Sonya persuaded him to double-cross Baber Ali Khan.Mirza PashaMirza Pasha — Persian agent of Baber Ali Khan who conspires with Sonya/OlgaOn Pagefirst: Clanton recognizes Mirza Pasha's voice and confronts him.SonyaSonya Ormanoff — white woman in Peshawur who conspires to seize Clanton's riflesOn Pagefirst: Her voice is heard with Mirza and she appears in the confrontation.ClantonWild Bill ClantonOn Pagefirst: Present throughout surviving pages 17–18.Yussef JehungirYussef Jehungir — Waziri chief of Khor; potential buyer/beneficiary in the rifle plotMentionedfirst: Mirza says they intended selling the guns to Yussef Jehungir.
Surviving manuscript evidence
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Draft 3-3 — partial alternate-ending leavesHoward typescript
Extent2 pagesCompletenessIncomplete
Physical extent: Partial typescript preserving manuscript pages 17–18
TSS: 20312–20313
Two-page partial alternative ending.
Additional documentary notes
- Alternate Ending: Partial alternative ending preserving pages 17–18. (manuscript pages 17–18)
Source: First Cuts: The Veiled Manuscripts v1.4, Murderer's Grog Editorial Notes p. 410; Draft 3-3 pp. 463–464
