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

MS-HRC-SB-6-4-1

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Segment 1

[1061] Vladimir mimics one carrying
a heavy burden.
[1062] Pozzo looks
at him, puzzled
.

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Segment 2

ESTRAGON

[1063] (forcibly) [1064] Bags! [1065] (He
points at Lucky.
)
[1066] Why?
[1067] Always hold. [1068] (He sags, pant-
ing.
)
[1069] Never put down.
[1070] (He opens his hands, straightens
up with relief
.)
[1071] Why?

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Segment 3

POZZO
[1072] Ah! [1073] Why wouldn't you say so
before?
[1074] Why he doesn't make
himself comfortable?
[1075] Let's
try and get this clear.
[1076] Has he
not the right to?
[1077] Certainly he
has.

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Segment 4

[1078] It follows that he doesn't
want to.
[1079] There's reasoning for
you.
[1080] And why doesn't he
want to?
[1081] (Pause.) [1082] Gentle-
men, the reason is this.

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Segment 5

VLADIMIR

[1082|001] (to Estragon) [1083] Make a note
of this.

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Segment 6

POZZO

[1084] He wants to impress me, so
that I'll keep him.

ESTRAGON

[1085] What?

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Segment 7

POZZO

[1086] Perhaps I haven't got it
quite right.
[1087] He wants to
mollify me, so that I'll
give up the idea of parting
with him.
[1088] No, that's not
exactly it either.

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Segment 8

VLADIMIR

[1089] You want to get rid of him?

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