Founder lore: the Glynn letter (p. 140)
I am sorry to report, however, that as I lay there on the bricks in considerable pain, unable to stand or move and watching the empty barrel six stories above me, I again lost my presence of mind and unfortunately let go of the rope, causing the barrel to begin a
Context
The letter's last line, cut off mid-sentence by the transmission marker — the barrel poised to begin one more descent exactly where the text dies. The cycle left open and implicitly endless, by typography.