An early Avril post-coital scene with an unnamed older lover was cut.

This is material that was cut: present in a draft, absent from the published novel.

In the published book. This material does not appear in the published book. Nearest published material = Avril's affairs as referenced (e.g. endnote-scene n269 Bain letters)

Evidence. A single source reports this. Documented by Steven Moore's first-draft collation.

Bears on. This difference bears on the following open questions: Avril's separatist involvements.

Further notes. The published book keeps Avril's affairs almost entirely off-page/testimonial; the MS showed one on-page. Pietsch's Dec 1994 second read: "The revelation that Hal's known all along of his mom's many affairs seems like a key to it all" D.T. Max's biography of Wallace — the affairs stayed load-bearing while their one direct scene was cut.