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 Madhouse Prophets  And Quacks Multiply The End  And The Beginning Matthew Lee Knowles June 2012

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Madhouse Prophets And QuacksMultiply The End

 And The Beginning

Matthew Lee KnowlesJune 2012

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 All occurrences of the conjunction ‘and’ extracted from Albert Camus’s‘The Fall’, with the two preceding and two subsequent words, where

hyphenated words count as one and all punctuation has been eliminated.

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Sweet way and nothing touchesReceived it and when heDistrust justified and should beTalkative alas and make friendsThat mood and for fineOwn memory and I haveHave multiplied and that wouldn’tPassions ideas and fornication withoutHe fornicated and read theBy thousands and with swift A family and organized leisureOrganized leisure and the littleOur country and your handsBegin with and then because Amuse you and be itTwo questions and don’t answer 

My shoulders and this face Am sophisticated and yet IGood manners and my fineMexico City and have beenWith flowers and noisy asDeny it and I amThis one and see him A pacifist and a libertarian A libertarian and loved all All humanity and the animalsWho entered and made themselves

 At home and disembowelled himThis evening and I fear Of houses and canals hemmedCold lands and the seaIs here and elsewhere yesPonderously in and out of Gilded herrings and jewels theOf syndics and merchants countingBe sure and yet seeNeon gin and peppermint emanatingThe red and green shop-signs

Of gold and smoke smokier By night and night and And night and day thatThe signs and stepped roofsTo Cipango and to thoseDie mad and happy butThis city and the heartCircles life and hence itsThe newspaper-readers and the fornicatorsOf Europe and stop facingThe canals and go homeThey come and ask inHim out and in cold

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Him there and to suppressThe curtains and the navigationNaked bodies and the islandsBelieve me and I canIn Paris and indeed aThe widow and orphan asWho cheat and orphans whoInto action and what actionThe persuasion and warmth theMy physique and the nobleThe bar and an instinctiveBy all and yet heShady proceedings and this isThree times and to beThe poor and never boastedThe fullest and we all

The widow and the orphanBut mine and lead him Also liked and this isWas famous and yet beyondHad dropped and return itThe opportunities and was better In public and in privateThese gifts and the probableMy life and especially inEffusions short and preserve their Poor woman and breaking away

 Ambitious man and rising toThe passes and plateaux atThe roofs and become acquaintedOur newspapers and whose activitiesDecisive preachings and fire-miracles tookBecome mouldy and I couldWithin myself and among othersThe heights and light conspicuousConspicuous fires and a joyfulIn life and in myThe action and give it

Being seen and hailed byEndure anonymity and that impatienceWho deserve and receive theSame time and in theIndignation talent and emotion IJudges punished and the defendantsBetween life and me such A free and easy manner Was great and my successesTireless dancer and an unobtrusivelyLove simultaneously and this isEasy women and justice IIn sports and the fine

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Sleeping well and fundamentally pleasedIts creatures and its giftsTo me and I acceptedSo fully and simply a An officer and yet onThat long and uninterrupted successOwn merits and could notSuch different and such extremeDaily routine and I literally Another matter and it must About people and life at A tired and overwhelmed raptureOf fatigue and for aNext day and with itMusic stopped and the lightsThank him and above all

More readily and besides it’sPrecedes immediately and now let’sIs long and hard toMean relatives and connexions what A rifle and they know About friends and connexions youBeen imprisoned and who sleptTo be and I shallOne day and that willUs free and we can A cocktail-party and a nice

To remembering and we haveBored me and besides he After me and in vain At once and when inRestrained suffering and even yesLittle routine and suddenly for Dead man and the showOf insignificance and rancour whoHe died and I wentSingle room and near her To him and took your 

 About that and yet theOf carbolic and the tenantsOnce delighted and grieved howThrough edgeways and upright heThrough upright and then laidDown again and I wasThe cemetery and strew flowersMe anything and that sortDid so and on theBe noticed and favourably commentedThe crucifix and the heavyHeavy oak and silver handlesBe heard and immediately afterwards

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The window and give cryThe baritone and against theIn love and nothing provesIn voice and arm sheTheir side and are noHis life and who oneOf complications and drama somethingMust happen and that explainsThen ever and yet youIn town and already dampOne street-lamp and moving onGenerous actions and in theGoverning class and the hypocrisyOf power and I don’tStraightened up and was aboutThe island and again heard

Was dazed and was breathingBurgles likewise and you willIn paintings and in tulipsThe country and built upHearty laugh and an energeticEnergetic handshake and those areBegin with and later outIf pimps and thieves wereCher monsieur and in myWould happen and I would Alternately stimulated and depressed life

Never learned and yet knewTo me and my wordsGoing out and walking inThe canal and the funeralYou see and especially fromThe island and the seaEven more and on reflectionWith me and even the Another one and there would Are silent and in theLacquered chicken and above all

 At them and think youBegin with and secondly notTo smile and we shallNo shop-signs and this oneTrue profession and identity weWith shop-signs and no wayClassified once and for allCompatriote stop and think of Charming Janus and above itLived free and powerful IMore sensitive and more skilfulIn myself and this explainedMy goodwill and serenity when

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Utter freedom and all the All offences and who doForgot then and the manCling to and that wasTo it and in itWearing spectacles and plus-fours had Around me and planted itself His motor and was vainlyCould go and climb aBe polite and to realizeHealthy rage and I gotMy adversary and my musclesThe earth and that heHis legs and hence wasThis musketeer and in truthPopping again and received a

My car and started upForget it and that’s theEverything up and the motor Him aside and giving himToo late and for severalOf truth and intelligence IOver nothing and also havingTo strike and conquer as A gangster and of rulingOn politics and rushes toThe offender and get him

For justice and is theThe widow and orphan sinceDown harder and we haveWith women and without muchClear question and that wasHave charm and I tookMisogyny vulgar and stupid and And stupid and almost allThe contrary and with aOf pleasure and conquest moreover Of this and derived many

Deny it and I amDisowned father and mother evenTen-minute adventure and even moreBe indulgent and use theOf inaccessibility and unshakable independenceBeing bored and appreciate onlyLittle excesses and how oftenWell received and which I Assertion painful and resigned thatWas elsewhere and not relatedUnderstand me and that effortThe game and had theHad won and twice over 

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Worries once and for allPoint once and for allFor all and assured myThe worst and most unhappyLove me and be faithfulBeginning over and over againWithout thinking and the reflexReflex follows and one dayHappened eventually and there’s no Any complexes and soon forgotNoticed anything and didn’t evenHad thought and she didn’tMy shoulders and pretended toLittle later and did everythingCharm her and really takeHer up and take her 

Inappropriate times and in inappropriateHis prisoner and this keptOf painful and constrained pleasureYour memory and perhaps youMy speeches and my pleadingsI was and how I About innocence and justice atSeparating once and for allOur passion and spoke of The affection and soft-heartedness IBe loved and to receive

Was loved and my partner Relationship once and for allFor all and on theTo this and my loveGoing well and I wasTo come and go never Never kinder and gayer withSeparate existence and ready toLeft bank and to myBody calmed and irrigated byThe railing and seeming to

Dark hair and coat collar Neck cool and damp whichTo run and yet didn’tFrom cold and shock IBe quick and I feltNext day and the daysWooden shoes and ornamented housesOur feet and in frontIs colourless and life deadBeings you and I alone Air shafts and closes cloudyCarried hither and thither byLook down and would like

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The sea and the canalsWith shop-signs and never aHuman race and within theCommit suicide and then seeCoffin thick and the shroud A soul and it hasTo believe and thus amazingKill yourself and what doesTheir amazement and their contrition A suitor and she killedYour wife and actually youSlip through and above allThe same and yet subtlyThe harmony and security theyThe dissonances and disorder thatFelt vulnerable and as if 

Centre broke and they linedOf himself and attribute thoseBegin with and also inWas natural and I discoveredWas harder and more painfulLiving fully and being givenTo happiness and that cannotTo bursting and for lackYour success and happiness areEscape happy and judged or Or absolved and wretched as

Me inattentive and smiling theSame time and lost myThe clerk and his comradesHuman race and heaven itself Is irresponsibility and they shamelesslyIn question and that their Simultaneously admired and excused theyBut reprieve and that’s alwaysSpares nothing and that nothingThe truth and lie asLike us and who share

Be pitied and encouraged inBeing guilty and yet notEnough cynicism and not enoughBetween God and Satan and And Satan and he putsPerpetual laugh and the laughersTo conquer and virtue toPeaceful means and eventually usedThe attention and memory of Harsh exterior and yet could Active energetic and my kingdomMy loyalty and I don’tOf idleness and I had

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Really efforts and convictions IWith amazement and a certainWith a high-and-mighty manner for Stop smoking and through sheer Wonderful effects and hastened toStruck me and I merelyReally sincere and enthusiastic exceptIn sports and in theOverflowing stadium and the theatreLove death and the wagesWas courteous and indolent enoughDouble code and my mostIn me and around me Around me and that forcedOn rails and speeding aheadPraises increased and that’s just

Looking for and that IThe recipe and I wasOf generations and what presumptionSufficient punishment and that itEvery morning and compliments becameReveal this and hurl myThe street and from the All that and did noneTerrace restaurant and a beggar Him away and loudly approvedThese ladies and gents after 

To him and to thoseThe police and an apotheosisTo anything and all wouldThe game and above allWasn’t general and how couldEverything judgement and esteem withThe enthusiasm and emotion expected A thief and an honestDie maybe and maybe IHuman individual and his supposedHardly stirring and the light

Of debauchery and of theMaking progress and yet nothingThe sky and their rocky A landmark and from one Along night and day onOf spray and laughter since At home and you oftenThe sea and sensual enjoymentEnjoyment transparent and we let’sTo love and be lovedBe loved and I wouldExplicit promises and came toThe assurance and conviction of 

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Of love and eventually convincedMy mistress and I realizedLose it and remained aIn time and submitted toMyself transported and absolved inMy crimes and to myCertain way and to live All expectation and obviously IMore gambling and no moreOf love and of chastityRestores silence and above allTwo prostitutes and drained of Whole past and the painMy nature and also aWaking state and with aWith harlots and drank for 

Her favours and for whoseRed light and dust of Lying fantastically and drinking atFor dawn and at lastIn sex and then sleepThis disaster and I wouldGet up and stand motionlessGlory alcohol and women providedWithout words and often indeedThe unknown and forgotten womenMature prostitute and an unmarried

The first and gave theUnbridled instincts and make useFound peace and release inMy liver and a fatigueBeing immortal and after aBoth imagination and judgement theOf daring and invention yesInto slippers and will soonNo resistance and extended itsOf language and the regular That step and became scarce

Scarce now and then IMe on and I wouldThe ground and did aFew people and painfully keptLittle fatter and at last At once and my heartThe ocean and that itOn seas and rivers everywhereRealized once and for allStill cornered and that IThe frenzy and the convulsionsTo submit and admit my Awkward manner and live on

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 A collapse and waking aWas genius and I amWas guilty and that innocenceOf summits and upper decksThose cells and still beMy faith and my hopeTo moralize and fulminate commandmentsIs visible and every passingGuarantee innocence and I amThree years and it wasn’t Are dirty and we wipeOne another and hurry toBeg you and walk homeFinds lawyers and innocence onlyTerrible agony and I don’tForget them and as for 

Her children and refusing allFor him and he wasFace day and night withHold on and continue itTo live and to goHe complained and as aCarry on and I knowIs superhuman and he wasHis agony and that’s whyHe did and of dyingForgive me and realize that

Their hearts and they smiteToo far and my friend Art Peter and upon thisQuestion thoroughly and then heTo judge and condemn withTheir lips and the sentenceOf Christ and those of General delirium and persecution weSpare nothing and as for In solitude and when fatiguedIs said and done that’s

Stones fogs and stagnant watersWith fever and alcohol myTres cher and that’s theDon’t we and it’s aMadhouse prophets and quacks multiplyThe end and the beginningFalls dry and rasping over To hide and finally thoseBoth lying and the hiddenThe truth and don’t allHave been and of whatFoie Gras and have theBut confessions and authors of 

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Necessities clean and polished likeSo hard and with their To Paris and the GermansWas cavorting and sniffing atVery old and very faithfulSame enthusiasm and disappeared withThe resentment and the sortGerman regiment and it madeOnce there and having foundLittle mad and in aFor days and nights onMy weaving and then dragEqually right and I stoodTo Tunis and didn’t discover The Germans and I tooDone me and I realized

From thirst and destitution more A hundred and fifty years About lakes and forests todayTo go and fight theInterned him and having seenHis reflections and the sunThe waist and covered with A throne and the sooner Down suddenly and inHis vices and virtues and And virtues and swear allegiance

My hand and was theGreatest virtue and proposed electingWas right and then with Any case and even those A Pope and I remember Had formed and each favouredFavour mine and this was Am tired and no longer Die anyway and that ICher empires and churches areOf death and in order 

The bolt and every night About myself and my presenceThe Pope and the judgeOf honour and for aThe drunkards and the pimpsWorld’s admiration and I alone Any longer and because theSeparated once and for allThe cross and the former Blighted hopes and contradictions and And contradictions and now itMan innocence and for anyDay long and in company

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My desires and my power Sleeping partners and it helpedGetting excited and losing allOf freedom and even justThe contrary and a long-distanceQuite solitary and very exhaustingThe judges and alone toWithout God and without aTheir neighbour and all theWould write and hail theLove themselves and they hail Are confused and that onePlay-actors hypocrites and yet so Are free and hence haveSurrender happiness and maybe for For example and I am

Whole heart and body dayBody day and night inSensual enjoyment and mental excitementFive years and ending inWith power and the whipThat good and evil shouldPointed out and I’m allHowever Sicilian and Javanese IMay be and not allO cruel and beloved leadersBeing free and to obey

Theirs too and at theOur knees and heads bowedThe world and for thatComes along and every timeTo authority and humbly toThe present and seek atBoth simple and fertile howIllustrious contemporaries and curse humanitySome damage and so whatOpposite direction and practise theConvenience irony and also the

Of waters and fogs corsetedParticularly crowded and visited byThe bourgeois and the strayingUp hill and down daleMultiplying distinctions and digressions tooMy listener and lead himConcerns me and what concernsIn me and in othersOf all and of noBoth lifelike and stylized soIs over and I canKnow it and this givesJudging yourself and this relieves

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Wretched creatures and if weTo amaze and scandalize ourselvesGive up and tell allMe unchanged and why shouldInto it and found thereOver again and without theLove myself and to makeIn heart and to tasteMy nature and secondly of To resentment and even toTo climb and from whichDistant laugh and again IEverything people and at onceOf alcohol and beats hisThe Father and to handBad character and habits I

Dutch heaven and I watchThe fogs and the water Common condition and the despair Escape it and as for Without forgiving and above allThan you and my thoughtsGo out and walk brisklyLittle higher and above theDamp air and marks theSun beaches and the islandsThe waters and the roofs

Saved eh and not onlyElect possessions and hardships willBe shared and you for  A policeman and that heThe law and I haveThat painting and showing itFor instance and I’d haveIn it and I couldClose unseen and unknown myThe wilderness and refusing toConstantly talking and to no

The Seine and how youMy nights and that I