b. 221
In FEH, the ties of the d1-f1 third were crossed out. The authenticity of this variant seems to be highly likely if we take into account a number of other, almost certainly Chopinesque, variants entered into that copy. The manner the marks were crossed out resembles the Chopinesque one – cf. e.g. crossings-out in the pupil's copy of the Nocturne in D Major, Op. 27 No. 2, bar 45. In the main text, we signalise the possibility of omitting the ties with brackets.
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notation: Rhythm