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[0917] I am impertinent. [0918] (he knocks out his pipe against
the whip, gets up) [0919] I must be getting on. [0920] Thank
you for your ^SOCIETY. [0921] (he reflects) [0922] Unless I
smoke another pipe before I go. [0923] What do you say?

[0924] (They say nothing)

[0925] Oh I'm only a small smoker, a very small smoker,
I'm not in the habit of smoking two pipes one on
top of the other, it makes (hand to heart, sighing)
my heart go pit-a-pat. [0926] (pause) [0927] It's the nicotine,
one absorbs it in spite of one's precautions.
[0928] (sighs) [0929] You know how it is.

[0930] (Silence)

[0931] But perhaps you don't smoke [0932] Yes? [0933] No? [0934] It's of
no importance.

[0935] (Silence)

[0936] But how am I to sit down now, without affectation,
now that I have ^RISEN? [0937] Without appearing to -
how shall say - without appearing to falter.
[0938] (To Vladimir) [0939] I beg your pardon?

[0940] (Silence)

[0941] Perhaps you didn't speak?

[0942] (Silence)

[0943] It's of no importance. [0944] Let me see... [0945] (he reflects)