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Segment 1

[0333] Pause.

Clov

[0334] You shouldn't talk to me like that.

[0335] Pause.

Hamm

[0336] (coldly). [0337] Forgive me. [0338] (OPause. [0339] Louder.) [0340] I said, Forgive me.

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Segment 2

Clov

[0341] I heard you.

[0342] Pause. [0343] The lid of Nagg's bin lifts. [0344] His hands appear,
gripping the rim. [0345] Then his head emerges. [0346] In his mouth
the biscuit. [0347] He listens.

Hamm

[0348] Did your seeds come up?

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Segment 3

Clov

[0349] No.

Hamm

[0350] Did you scratch round them to see if they had sprouted?

Clov

[0351] They haven't sprouted.

Hamm

[0352] Perhaps it's still too early.

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Segment 4

Clov

[0353] If they were going to sprout they would have sprouted. [0353|001] (Violently
[0354] They'll never sprout.

[0355] Pause. [0355|001] Nagg takes biscuit in his hand.

Hamm

[0356] This is not much fun. [0357] (Pause.) [0358] But that's always the way
at the end of the day, isn't it, Clov?

Clov

[0359] Always.

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Segment 5

Hamm

[0360] It's the end of the day like any other day, isn't it, Clov.

Clov

[0361] Looks like it.

[0362] Pause.

Hamm

[0363] (anguished). [0364] What's happening, what's happening?

Clov

[0365] Something is taking its course.

[0366] Pause.

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Segment 6

Hamm

[0367] All right, be off. [0368] (He leans back in the chair, remains
motionless. [0369] Clov does not move., [0370] He heaves a great groaning sigh.
[0371] Hamm sits up.) [0372] I thought I told you to be off.

Clov

[0373] I'm trying. [0374] (He goes to door, halts.) [0375] Ever since I was
born.

[0376] Exit Clov.

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Segment 7

Hamm

[0377] We're getting on.

[0378] He leans back in his chair, remains motionless. [0379] Nagg
knocks on the lid of the other bin. [0380] Pause. [0381] He knocks louder.
harder. [0382] The lid lifts and Nell's hands appear, gripping the
ring. Then her head emerges. [0383] Lace cap. [0384] Very white face.

Nell

[0385] What is it, my pet? [0386] (Pause.) [0387] Time for love?

Nagg

[0388] Were you asleep?

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Doodle 5
Categories:
Organism, People, Humanoid, Animal, Zoomorph, Object, Clothing, Hat
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Fin de partie / Endgame © 2018 Samuel Beckett Digital Manuscript Project.
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