The position of the mark in the sources is illogical – under a tied note. According to us, it is Chopin's mistake, and the mark was supposed to be entered half a bar earlier, that is when this octave is played by the L.H., which we suggest in the main text – cf. analogous bar 110 and 114, as well as 319. As an alternative suggestion, we provide a here, which, judging from the markings in the aforementioned bars, could have been intended by Chopin (in this place, the marking denotes a momentary increase in sound intensity – an accent – rather than the general level of dynamics, marked already by in bar 116).
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