Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript ProjectEn attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot

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Segment 1

POZZO
(Contd.)

[0866] ...but in theory the bones go to the carrier. [0867] He
is therefore the one to ask.

[0868] (ESTRAGON turns towards Lucky, hesitates)

[0869] Go on, go on, ask him, don't be afraid, he'll
tell you.

[0870] (ESTRAGON goes towards Lucky, stops before
him)

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Segment 2

ESTRAGON

[0871] Mister...excuse me, Mister...

POZZO

[0875] You're being spoken to, pig! [0876] Reply! [0877] (To Estragon)
[0878] Try[⁁] HIM again.

ESTRAGON

[0879] Excuse me, Mister, the bones, will you be wanting
the bones?

[0880] (LUCKY looks long at Estragon)

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Segment 3

POZZO

[0881] (In raptures) [0882] Mister!

[0883] (LUCKY bows his head)

[0884] Reply! [0885] Do you want them or don't you?

[0886] (Silence of Lucky. [0887] To Estragon)

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Segment 4

[0888] They're yours.

[0889] (ESTRAGON makes a dart at the bones, picks
them up and begins to gnaw them)

[0890] I don't like it. [0891] I've never known him to refuse
me a bone before. [0892] (He looks anxiously at Lucky)
[0893] A nice business it'd be if he fell sick on me!
[0894] (He puffs at his pipe)

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Segment 5

VLADIMIR

[0895] (Exploding) [0896] It's a scandal! Hat off on floor

[0897] (Silence. [0898] ESTRAGON, flabbergasted, stops
gnawing, looks at Pozzo and Vladimir in
turn. [0899] POZZO outwardly calm. [0900] VLADIMIR
embarrassed)

POZZO

[0901] (To Vladimir) [0902] Are you alluding to anything in
particular?

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Segment 6

VLADIMIR

[0903] (Stutteringly resolute) [0904] To treat a man... Hat up from f [0904] (gesture
towards Lucky)... like that...I think that...no...
a human being...no...it's a scandal!

ESTRAGON

[0905] (Not to be outdone) [0906] A disgrace! [0907] (he resumes his
gnawing)

Transcription
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En attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot © 2017 Samuel Beckett Digital Manuscript Project.
Editors: Dirk Van Hulle, Pim Verhulst and Vincent Neyt