but enough about that The remainder of this line is crossed out

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become a preschool or practice school and spring-

board for ~~the political~~ ^these contenders within a certain

camp ^{and that they {...} practise on me is {... ...}} (the present mayor in fact be-

gan his ~~{...~~} political <path> as the head

of the health insurance clique) The matter at hand

for these persons is now ^{to find some victim or <other> to practise on} ~~to get everyone~~ [to find]

~~some victim or other~~ _{who belongs to}_the_{main parish} ^{another party} And since

they are too cowardly ^{to attack their foes}amongst the villagers they

have thus found that I, who am not a native

and in poor health[,] am a suitable candidate

~~and “presumably quite harmless”~~. ^{and probably the most harmless.} I have as

mentioned been pursued since I ~~{...}~~ ^at

at the age of 19 ~~years~~ 20 years came to the village ^{after art school} –

~~and~~ ^{There had never been a painter here in the village} and a painter was considered a _very mysterious person who ^{{... ... ...}}

_{{...} an <honest> {...}}

and the objective was to “bump” ^him off – I was even

at first chased like a dog from farms

in some places so that ^{at times I had to sleep outdoors at night}, where I wanted to make studies.

In the area of ^{the village} where I settled and married

one of the village lasses, I was soon respected as a

peaceful man, ^{at least after about 2-years {... ... ... ... ...}} but the harassment continued in

another part of the village within a certain camp

~~filial church where {...} also {...}~~^{{... ...}}

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