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

MS-HRC-SB-6-4-1

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LUCKY

[1692] for reasons unknown that as a result of the public works of Puncher and Wattmann it is established beyond all doubt that in view of the labours of Fartov and Belcher left unfinished for reasons unknown of Testew and Cunard left unfinished it is established what many deny that man in Possy of Testew and Cunard that man in Essy that man in short in spite of the strides of alimentation and defecation wastes and pines wastes and pines and concurrently simultaneously what is more for reasons unknown in spite of the strides of physical culture the practice of sports such as tennis football running cycling swimming flying floating riding gliding conating camogie skating tennis of all kinds dying flying sports of all sorts autumn summer winter winter tennis of all kinds hockey of all sorts penicilline and succedanea in a word I resume flying gliding golf over nine and eighteen holes tennis of all sorts in a word for reasons unknown in Feckham Peckham Fulham Clapham namely concurrently simultaneously what is more for reasons un

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LUCKY

[1692] known but time will tell fades away I resume Fulham Clapham in a word the dead loss per head since the death of Bishop Berkeley being to the tune of one inch four ounce per head approximately by and large more or less to the nearest decimal good measure round figures stark naked in the stockinged feet in Connemara in a word for reasons unknown no matter what matter the facts are there and considering what is more much more grave that in the light of the labours lost of Steinweg and Peterman it appears what is more much more grave that in the light the light the light of the labours lost of Steinweg and Peterman that in the plains in the mountains by the seas by the rivers running water running fire the air is the same and the earth namely the air and then the earth in the great cold the great dark the air and the earth abode of stones in the great deeps the great cold on sea on land and in the air I resume for reasons unknown in spite of the tennis the facts are there but time will tell I resume alas alas

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LUCKY

[1692] on on in short in fine on on abode of stones who can doubt it I resume but not so fast I resume the skull fading fading fading and concurrently simultaneously what is more for reasons unknown in spite of the tennis on on the beard the flames the tears the stones so blue so calm alas alas on on the skull the skull the skull the skull in Connemara in spite of the tennis the labours abandoned left unfinished graver still abode of stones in a word I resume alas alas abandoned unfinished the skull the skull in Conne mara in spite of the tennis the skull alas the stones Cunard [1693] (mêlée, [1694]final vociferations) [1695] tennis... [1696] the stones... [1697] so calm... [1698] Cunard ... [1699] unfinished...

POZZO

[1700] His hat!

[1701] Vladimir seizes Lucky's hat. Silence of Lucky. He falls [1702] Silence. [1703] Panting of the victors.

ESTRAGON

[1704] Avenged!

[1705] Vladimir examines the hat, peers inside it.

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POZZO

[1706] Give me that! [1707] (He snatches the hat from Vladimir, throws it to the ground, tramples on it.) [1708] That's an end to his thinking!

VLADIMIR

[1709] But will he be able to walk?

POZZO

[1710] Walk or crawl! [1711] (He kicks Lucky.) [1712] Up [1713] pig!

ESTRAGON

[1714] Perhaps he's dead.

VLADIMIR

[1715] You'll Kill him.

POZZO

[1716] Up [1717] scum! [1718] (He jerks the rope.) [1720] Help me!

VLADIMIR

[1721] How?

POZZO

[1722] Raise him up!

[1723] Vladimir and Estragon hoist Lucky to his feet, support him an instant, then let him go. [1724] He falls.

ESTRAGON

[1725] He's doing it on purpose!

POZZO

[1726] You must hold him. [1727] (Pause.) [1728] Come on, come on, raise him up.

ESTRAGON

[1729] To hell with him!

VLADIMIR

[1730] Come on, once more.

ESTRAGON

[1731] What does he take us for?

[1733] They raise Lucky, hold him up.

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POZZO

[1734] Don't let him go! [1735] (Vladimir and Estragon totter.) [1736] Don't move. [1737] (Pozzo fetches bag and basket and brings them towards Lucky.) [1738] Hold him tight! [1739] (He puts the bag in Lucky's hand. Lucky drops it immediately.) [1740] Don't let him go! [1741] (He puts back the bag in Lucky's hand. [1742] Gradually, at the feel of the bag, Lucky recovers his senses and his fingers finally close round the handle.) [1743] Hold him tight. [1744] (As before with basket.) [1745] Now! You can let him go. [1746] (Vladimir and Estragon move away from Lucky who totters, reels, sags, but succeeds in remaining on his feet, bag and basket in his hands. [1747] Pozzo cracks his whip.) [1748] Forward! [1749] (Lucky totters forward.) [1750] Back! [1751] (Lucky

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