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[1526] earth, there's no cure for that!
[1527] (Pause.)
[1528] It was an
excessively dry day, I remember, zerpo by the hygrometer.
[1529] Ideal weather, for my rheymatics rheumatics lumbago poor old bones..
[1530] (Pause.
[1531] Violently.)
[1532] But what in God's name do you imagine?
[1533] That
the earth will awake in srppring?
[1534]
That there'll be fish to be
found in the rivers and seas again? That the rivers
& seas will run abound w with
fish again?
[1535] That there'is still
manna in heaven still for imbeciles like you?
[1536] (Pause.)
[1537] Grandually
Gradually I recovered my calm, at least sufficiently to
adsk him how long he had taken on the way.
[1538] Three whole days.
[1538|001] Good.
[1539] In what state he had left the child?
[1540] In deep Deep in sleep.
[1541] (Forcibly.)
[1542] But in what deep sleep, in what deep sleep
already?
[1543] (Pause.)
[1544] To make Well to [cut] make[⁁] it short I finally offered to
take him into my service.
[1545] He had touched me.
[1546] And then I
imagined already that I wasn't much longer for this world!
[1547] (He laughs.
[1548] Pause.)
[1549] Well?
[1550] (Pause.)
[1551] Well?
[1552] (Pause.)
[1553] Here if
you were careful you might die a nice normal natural death, in
peace and comfort.
[1554] (Pause.)
[1555] Well?
[1556] (Pause.)
[1557] In the end he
asked me if I'd would I[⁁] consent to take in the child as well,- if
he were still alive.
[1558] (Pause.)
[1559] It was the moment I was
waiting for.
[1560] (Pause.)
[1561] Would I consent to take in the child..
[1562] (Pause.)
[1563] I can see him still, down on his knees, his hands
flat on the ground, staring glaring at me with his mad eyes, in
spite of what I had just told him the [xxx] I had just given him defiance of my wishes..
[1564] (Pause. [1565] Normal tone.)
[1568] I'll soon have finished with this story.
[1569] (Pause.)
[1570] Unless
I introduce bring in other characters.
[1571] (Payuse.)
[1572] But where would I
find them?
[1573] (Pause.)
[1574] Where would I look for them?
[1575] (Pause.
[1576] He whistles. [1577] Enter Clov.)
[1578] Let's pray to God.
& seas will run
fish again?
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