Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript ProjectFootfalls / Pas

MS-UoR-1552-3

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Segment 1

M

[0042] Would you like me to change your position?

V

[0043] Yes, but it is too soon.

[0044] Pause.

M

[0045] Rearrange your pillows? [0046] (Pause.) [0047] Change your draw-
sheet? [0048] (Pause.) [0049] Pass you the urinal? [0050] (Pause.) [0051] The
bedpan? [0052] (Pause.) [0053] Dress your sores? [0054] (Pause.) [0055] Sponge
you down? [0056] (Pause.) [0057] Moisten your lips? [0058] (Pause.) [0059] Pray with you?

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Segment 2

[0062] Pause.

V

[0063] Yes, but it is too soon.

[0064] Pause.

M

[0065] What age am I now?

V

[0066] And I?

M

[0070] Getting on for ninety.

V

[0071] As much as that?

M

[0072] Eighty-nine, ninety.

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Segment 3

V

[0073] I had you late in life.

M

[0073|001] Not late enough.

[0076] Pause.

V

[0077] Forgive me again.

[0081] Pause.

M

[0082] Well?

V

[0083] Well into your forties.

M

[0084] Is that all?

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Segment 4

V

[0085] I'm afraid so. [0087] (M resumes pacing. [0088] After first turn at L.)
[0089] Mary.

M

[0094] [0093] (pacing). [0094] Yes, Mother.

V

[0097] Can you not stop revolving it all?

M

[0098] (pacing). [0099] It?

V

[0100] It all. [0101] (Pause.) [0102] In your poor mind. [0103] (Pause.) [0104] It all.
[0105] (Pause.) [0106] It all.

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Segment 5

[0107] M continues pacing. [0108] 5 seconds. [0109] Fade out on strip. [0110] All
in darkness. [0111] Steps silent.
[0112] Long pause.
[0113] Sound a little fainter.

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