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Albright watches Rusty in a Tip hat and wrapped boots. Rusty gazes toward the slinging while poles sit beneath the beading.

Albright calls himself tuned and describes seeing Rusty. He leaves the unusual slinging and beading wording unexplained.

A second typed 'Page 4' draft repeats Rusty 'covered with the finest gear. Tip hat and wrapped boots', now 'gazing to the slinging' while 'the poles now / are tucked beneath the beading', and closes 'Slightly I, the tuned Albright, / see.'

Compared with the other Page 4 draft, this version cuts the clacking oath and adds a named observer, so the portrait ends on the act of seeing. The words 'slinging', 'poles' and 'beading' suggest a physical setting that the page does not explain. The isolated 'see.' on its own line gives the draft a deliberate, halting close.