Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
Footfalls / Pas

MS-UoR-1552-4

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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] Tell
bedtime story?
[place = margin left] Pray for you? [place = margin left] (Pause.) [place = inline] Pray with you?
[place = inline] [0060] (Pause.) [0061] [place = inline] For 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 [place = supralinear] So much?

M

[0072] Eighty-nine, ninety.

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Segment 3

V

[0073] I had you late in life. [place = inline] [0077] Forgive me again. [place = inline] ([] [place = supralinear] [0078]Pause [0079] No louder.) [0080] Forgive me again.

M

[0080|001] Not late enough. [place = supralinear] Better never

[0081] Pause.

[0081|001] Pause.

M

[0082] Well?

V

[0083] Well i [place = overwritten] Into your forties.

M

[0084] Is that all [place = supralinear] So little?

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Segment 4

V

[0085] I'm afraid so. [0087] (M resumes pacing. [0088] After first turn at L.)
[0089] Mary. [place = inline] [0090] (Pause. [0091] No louder.) [0092] Mary

M

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

V

[0097] Can you not stop revolving it all?

[place = margin left] [0097|001] M (pacing) Revolving?
[0097|002] V Revolving.
[0097|003] M (

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

[place = margin left] approx
3

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Segment 6

[0107] M continues pacing. [0108] 5 seconds. [0109] Fade out on strip. [0110] All
in darkness.
[0111] Steps silent.

[0112] Long pause.
[0113] Sound [place = supralinear] Gong a little fainter. [0114] [place = inline] Pause for echoes

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Segment 7

[place = margin left] 10+
[place = margin left] 70

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Addition 1
Pray for you? [place = margin left] (Pause.)
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Addition 2
[0097|001] M (pacing) Revolving?
[0097|002] V Revolving.
[0097|003] M (
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