In the main text we do not consider the 
mark, written in A under the part of the L.H. The mark was omitted in FE (→GE,EE), probably by mistake, yet Chopin added a long accent over the a
quaver in a proofreading of FE, which, according to us, should be treated as a replacement of the hairpins of A.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in FE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins