Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
En attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot

MS-HRC-DA-145-1

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Segment 1

VLADIMIR

[0445] Let's wait and see what he says.

ESTRAGON

[0446] Who?

VLADIMIR

[0447] Godot.

ESTRAGON

[0448] Good idea.

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Segment 2

VLADIMIR

[0449] Let's wait till we know exactly how we stand. head DR

ESTRAGON

[0450] On the other hand it might be better to strike the
iron before it freezes.

VLADIMIR

[0451] I'm curious to hear what he says. [0452] Then we'll take
it or leave it.

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Segment 3

ESTRAGON

[0453] What exactly did we ask him to do for us?

VLADIMIR

[0454] Were you not there?

ESTRAGON

[0455] I can't have been listening.

VLADIMIR

[0456] Oh...[0457]nothing very definite.

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Segment 4

ESTRAGON

[0458] A kind of prayer.

VLADIMIR

[0459] Precisely.

ESTRAGON

[0460] A vague supplication.

VLADIMIR

[0461] EXACTLY.

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Segment 5

ESTRAGON

[0462] And what did he reply?

VLADIMIR

[0463] That he'd see.

ESTRAGON

[0464] That he couldn't promise anything.

VLADIMIR

[0465] That he'd have to think it over.

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Segment 6

ESTRAGON

[0466] IN THE QUIET OF HIS HOME.

VLADIMIR

[0467] Consult his family.

ESTRAGON

[0468] His friends.

VLADIMIR

[0469] His agents.

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Segment 7

ESTRAGON

[0470] His correspondents.

VLADIMIR

[0471] His books.

ESTRAGON

[0472] His bank account.

VLADIMIR

[0473] Before taking a decision.

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