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The speaker describes Rusty in fine gear, a Tip hat, and wrapped boots, then writes that he is gazing to the sids and looking oft. The speaker closes with And Christ it.s clacking.

The speaker records Rusty's appearance and gaze without explaining the clacking. The unusual sids and oft wording supplies no settled direction, and the omitted final handwritten mark supplies no certain closing punctuation.

Headed 'Page 4', this short typed passage shows Rusty 'covered with the finest gear. Tip hat and and wrapped boots', 'just gazing to the sids' and 'always on his way looking oft', and it ends on 'And Christ it.s clacking' with a final hand-drawn mark.

Rusty is defined by his clothes and his averted gaze more than by anything he does, and the speaker turns away from 'the fore' as he looks away. The abrupt oath and the noise at the end break into the calm portrait. The rough spellings and doubled 'and' mark this as a fast working draft.