The notation of A is not clear: the sign out after 
looks like a long accent and, due to very disorderly arrangements of the R.H. notes, it reaches up to the 5th semiquaver with its right end. In such a situation it is not surprising that in GE (→FE→EE) it was interpreted as 
.
An argument against associating the length and the musical sense of the discussed sign with the semiquavers written above it in A is the appearance of the combination of and evident accents in the neighbouring bars 42 & 44, especially in the twin bar 42, where the accent is only slightly shorter than the one discussed here.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Long accents
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins