General ⇒ Moving a box upwards

[Laurentius]

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

Cats and dogs.%
	\newcount\nextfootnote
	\nextfootnote=\thefootnote
	\advance\nextfootnote by 2
	\footnote{Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla. Simplicius, 426:\,32\,sq.\hfill$^{\the\nextfootnote}$\,\box1}

Red and black.\footnotemark
	\setbox1=\hbox{pace Ross.}

\end{document}

This doesn't work. Can it?

[cgnieder]

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

Cats and dogs.%
	\newcount\nextfootnote
	\nextfootnote=\thefootnote
	\advance\nextfootnote by 2
	\footnote{Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla. Simplicius, 426:\,32\,sq.\hfill$^{\the\nextfootnote}$\,\box1}

Red and black.\footnotemark
	\setbox1=\hbox{pace Ross.}

\end{document}

This doesn't work. Can it?

What is it supposed to do?

Regards

[Laurentius]

Sorry if that was unclear. I wanted ‘pace Ross’ to appear in the footnote (on the right side of the line). It is really the next footnote, but since there is space in the first note's break-line, I want it to appear there. (See my post on Oxford-style short footnotes.) The problem is that TeX doesn't seem to remember the contents of the box from the last pass. I think I've seen it do that before, but can't remember how.