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The Cipher.

"In the August 1946 reprint, publisher Victor Gollancz noted that 'of the small [first] edition that was printed, 596 copies were sold and 834 "remaindered".' " --Wormwoodiana

"Rachilde issued the book under a male pseudonym before reviewing it under her own name and, hilariously, trashing it." (via feuilleton)

"In Tokiwa
The waters from the pine-tree spring are
Held in gathered hands-
Every single drop that falls
Shows the passage of a thousand years."

--Ise

Closer to Fine.