In the Margins of a Research Book...

"Ancrene Wisse, a well-known and lavishly praised but little studied religious work of the early thirteenth century."

A boy (I'm assuming off handwriting) has underlined "little studied" and then in the righthand margin written, "Maybe in California dear but not in Oxford."

Directly above it, someone has written in black in with an arrow pointing to the comment, "Prick"

Directly above that, in pencil, with an arrow pointing to "Prick," someone's written "The prick is right."

Then below the main comment:

Directly below, in blue ink "Ugly arrogance."

Then below that, in pencil, with an arrow pointing up towards the main comment, "But it's quite funny."