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[0615] it badly. [0616] (Pause. [0617] Gloomily.) [0618] I tell
this story worse and worse. [0619] (Pause.
[0620] Voice of raconteur.) [0621] Well, to make it
short, the daffodils are in bloom and
he botches ^{[ADDITION]Addition on page 20vmakes a ? of} the buttonholes. [0622] (Voice of
the customer.) [0623] "God damn it, Sir, no,
it's indecent, there are limits!

[0624] In
six days, do you hear me, six days,
God made the world. [0625] Yes Sir, no less
Sir, the WORLD! [0626] And you are not
bloody well capable of making me a
pair of trousers in three months! [0627] (Voice
of tailor, scandalized.) [0628] "But me lord,
[0629] me lord, [0630] look - (disdainful gesture,
with disgust ^disgustedly) - at the world - (pause) -
and look - (loving gesture, proudly) -
at my trousers! ^TROUSERS!"

[0631] Pause. [0632] He looks at Nell who has remained
impassive ^impassive, her eyes unseeing,
breaks into a high forced laugh, cuts
it short, advances his head towards
Nell, breaks into ^launches his laugh again.

[0634] Nagg gi ^{Nagg g starts}, cuts short his
laugh.