You may have 23 A's!

--- -----a- --- a-- --- -a---- -a-
---- -- ---- -- --- -a--- -a-
--a- -a-- -a-- ------, a-- --a- -- --- -----?
--- --- --- --- ----- -a- ----- a ----.
--- --- ----- ----- a-- --- ------- --a--
A---a--- -- ---- a- ---- a- -a--
----- -a- ----- -- -- a -------- --a-.

Smilla: a (23) = 46

(Note, I had one extra letter at the end of the last word in my original post, I have corrected it here.)