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

MS-HRC-SB-6-4-2

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Segment 1

VLADIMIR

[2349] We have our reasons.

ESTRAGON

[2350] All the dead voices.

VLADIMIR

[2351] They make a noise
like wings.

ESTRAGON

[2352] Like leaves.

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Segment 2

VLADIMIR

[2353] Like sand.

ESTRAGON

[2354] Like leaves.

[2355] Silence.

VLADIMIR

[2356] They all speak at once.

ESTRAGON

[2357] Each one to itself.

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Segment 3

[2358] Silence

VLADIMIR

[2359] Rather they whisper.

ESTRAGON

[2360] They rustle.

VLADIMIR

[2361] They murmur.

ESTRAGON

[2362] They rustle.

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Segment 4

[2363] Silence.

VLADIMIR

[2364] What do they say?

ESTRAGON

[2365] They talk about their
lives.

VLADIMIR

[2366] To have lived is not
enough for them.

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Segment 5

ESTRAGON

[2367] They have to talk
about it.

VLADIMIR

[2368] To be dead is not
enough for them.

ESTRAGON

[2369] It is not sufficient.

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