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

MS-HRC-SB-6-4-1

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Segment 1

VLADIMIR

[0115] blows inside it, puts it on
again.
)
[0116] This is getting
alarming.
[0117] (Silence. [0118] Vladimir
deep in thought.)
[0119] [One] of the
thieves was saved.
[0120] (Pause.)
[0121] It's a reasonable percentage.
[0122] (Pause) [0123] Gogo.

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Segment 2

ESTRAGON

[0124] What?

VLADIMIR

[0125] Suppose we [repented].

ESTRAGON

[0126] Repented what?

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Segment 3

VLADIMIR

[0127] Oh... [0128] (He reflects.) [0129] We
[wouldn't] have to go into
the [details].

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Segment 4

ESTRAGON

[0130] Our being born?

[0131] Vladimir breaks into a
hearty laugh which he
immediately [stifles],
his hand pressed to his pubis,
his face contorted
.

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Segment 5

VLADIMIR

[0132] [One] daren't even laugh
any more.

ESTRAGON

[0133] Dreadful privation.

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Segment 6

VLADIMIR

[0134] [Merely] smile. [0135] (He smiles
suddenly from ear to ear,
[keeps] smiling, ceases as
suddenly
.)
[0136] It's not the
same thing.
[0137] Nothing to be
done.
[0138] (Pause.) [0139] Gogo.

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