
ESTRAGON |
[3059] Is he there? |
VLADIMIR |
[3060] As large as life. [3061] (gesture towards Lucky) [3062] For the moment he is inert. [3063] But he might run amuck any minute. |
POZZO |
[3063|001] Help! |
ESTRAGON |
[3064] And |
VLADIMIR |
[3065] You mean if we fell on him in his sleep? |
ESTRAGON |
[3066] Yes. |
VLADIMIR |
[3067] That seems a good idea all right. [3068] But could we do it? [3069] Is he really asleep? [3070] (Pause)
[3071] No, the best would be to take advantage of Pozzo's |
[←]
POZZO |
[3071|001] Help |
Vlad: |
[3071|002] |
Est: |
[3071|003] We help him? |
Vlad: |
[3071|004] In anticipation of some tangible return. |
Es: |
[3071|005] And suppose.... |
ESTRAGON |
[3075] And suppose he - |
VLADIMIR |
[3076] Let us not waste our time in idle discourse! xxx xxx
[3077] (pause. [3078] Vehemently) [3079] Let us do something, while
we have the chance! [3080] It is not every day that we
are needed. [3081] Not indeed that we personally are
needed. [3082] Others would meet the case equally well,
if not better. [3083] To all mankind they were addressed,
those cries for help still ringing in our ears!
[3084] But at this place, at this moment of time, all
mankind is us, whether we like it or not. [3085] Let us
make the most of it, before it is too late! [3086] Let
us represent worthily for once the foul brood to
which a cruel fate consigned us! [3087] What do you say? |
ESTRAGON |
[3096] Ah! |
POZZO |
[3096|001] Help! |

VLADIMIR |
[3097] Or for night to fall. [3098] (pause) [3099] We have kept our appointment, and that's that. [3100] We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. [3101] How many people can boast as much? |
ESTRAGON |
[3102] |
VLADIMIR |
[3103] You think so? |
ESTRAGON |
[3104] I don't know. |
VLADIMIR |
[3105] You may be right. |
POZZO |
[3106] Help! |
VLADIMIR |
[3107] What's certain is that the hours are long, under
these conditions, and constrain us to beguile them
with proceedings which, how shall I say, which may
at first sight seem reasonable |
ESTRAGON |
[3111|001] (Aphoristic) [3112] We are all born mad. [3113] Some remain so. |
POZZO |
[3114] Help! I'll pay you! |
ESTRAGON |
[3115] How much? |
POZZO |
[3116] |
ESTRAGON |
[3117] It's not enough. |
VLADIMIR |
[3118] I wouldn't go so far as that. |
ESTRAGON |
[3119] You think it's enough? |
VLADIMIR |
[3120] No, I mean so far as to assert that I was weak in the head when I came into the world. [3121] But that is not the question. |
POZZO |
[3122] |
VLADIMIR |
[3123] We wait. [3124] We are bored. [3125] (he throws up his hand)
Down [3126] No, don't protest, we are bored to |
POZZO |
[3134] |

VLADIMIR |
[3135] We're coming! |
[3136] (He tries to pull Pozzo to his feet, fails, tries again, stumbles, falls, tries to get up, fails)
ESTRAGON |
[3137] What's the matter with you all? |
VLADIMIR |
[3138] Help! |
ESTRAGON |
[3139] I'm going. |
VLADIMIR |
POZZO |
[3142] Where am I? |
VLADIMIR |
[3143] Gogo! |
POZZO |
[3144] Help! |
VLADIMIR |
[3145] Help! |
ESTRAGON |
[3146] I'm going. |
VLADIMIR |
ESTRAGON |
[3149] You promise? |
VLADIMIR |
[3150] I swear it! |
ESTRAGON |
[3151] And we'll never come back? |
VLADIMIR |
[3152] Never! |
ESTRAGON |
[3153] We'll go to the Pyrenees. |
VLADIMIR |
[3154] Wherever you like. |
POZZO |
[3155] |
ESTRAGON |
[3157] I've always wanted to wander in the Pyrenees. |
VLADIMIR |
[3158] You'll wander in them. |
ESTRAGON |
[3158|001] (Recoiling) [3159] |
VLADIMIR |
[3160] Pozzo. |
POZZO |
ESTRAGON |
[3164] It's |
VLADIMIR |

ESTRAGON |
[3168] I'm going. [3169] (Pause. [3170] Louder) [3171] I'm going. |
VLADIMIR |
[3172] Well I suppose in the end I'll get up under my own steam. [3173] (he tries, fails) [3174] In the fullness of time. |
ESTRAGON |
[3175] What's the matter with you? |
VLADIMIR |
[3176] |
ESTRAGON |
[3177] Are you staying there? |
VLADIMIR |
[3178] For the time being. |
ESTRAGON |
[3179] Come on, get up, you'll catch a chill. |
VLADIMIR |
[3180] Don't worry about me. |
ESTRAGON |
[3181] Come on, Didi, don't be pig-headed. [3182] (he stretches out his hand which VLADIMIR makes haste to seize) |
VLADIMIR |
[3184] Pull! |
[3185] (ESTRAGON pulls, stumbles, falls. [3186] Long silence)
POZZO |
[3187] Help! |
VLADIMIR |
[3188] We've arrived. |
POZZO |
[3189] Who are you. |
VLADIMIR |
[3190] We are men. |
[3191] (Silence)
ESTRAGON |
[3192] Sweet mother earth! |
VLADIMIR |
[3193] Can you get up? |
ESTRAGON |
[3194] I don't know. |
VLADIMIR |
[3195] Try. |
ESTRAGON |
[3196] Not now, not now. |
[3197] (Silence)
POZZO |
[3198] What's happened? |
VLADIMIR |
[3199] (Violently) [3200] Will you stop it, you! [3201] Pest! [3202] He thinks of nothing but himself! |
ESTRAGON |
[3203] What about a little snooze? |

VLADIMIR |
[3204] Did you hear him? [3205] He wants to know what happened! |
ESTRAGON |
[3208] (Silence) Go to xxx
POZZO |
ESTRAGON |
VLADIMIR |
[3214] Were you asleep? |
ESTRAGON |
[3215] I must have been. |
VLADIMIR |
[3216] It's this bastard Pozzo at it again. |
ESTRAGON |
VLADIMIR |
[3219] (Striking Pozzo) [3221] Will you stop it! [3222] Crablouse! [3223] (POZZO extricates himself with cries of pain and crawls away. [3224] Now and then he stops, saws the air blindly, calling for help. [3225] Vladimir, propped on his elbow, observes his retreat) [3226] He's off! [3227] (POZZO collapses) [3229] He's down! |
ESTRAGON |
[3252] What do we do now? |
VLADIMIR |
[3253] Perhaps I could crawl to him. |
ESTRAGON |
[3254] Don't leave me! |
VLADIMIR |
[3255] Or I could call to him. |
ESTRAGON |
[3256] Yes, call to him. |
VLADIMIR |
[3257] Pozzo! [3258] (Silence. [3259] Pozzo! [3260] (Silence. [3261] No reply. |
ESTRAGON |
[3262] Together. |