Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript ProjectEn attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot

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VLADIMIR
[3089] our species. [3090] The tiger bounds
to the help of his congeners
without the least reflection,
[3091] or else he slinks away into
the depths of the thickets. [3092] But
that is not the question.

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Segment 2

[3093] What are we doing here,
that is the question. [3094] And
we are blessed in this, that
we happen to know the an-
swer.

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Segment 3

[3095] Yes, in this immense
confusion one thing is
clear. We are waiting for
Godot to come -

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Segment 4

ESTRAGON

[3096] Ah!

POZZO

[3096|001] Help!

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Segment 5

VLADIMIR

[3097] Or for night to fall. [3098] (Pause.)
[3099] We have kept our appointment
and that's an end to that.
[3100] We are not saints, but we
have kept our appointment.
[3101] How many people can boast
as much?

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Segment 6

ESTRAGON

[3102] Billions.

VLADIMIR

[3103] You think so.

ESTRAGON

[3104] I don't know.

VLADIMIR

[3105] You may be right.

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Segment 7

POZZO

[3106] Help!

VLADIMIR

[3107] All I know is that the hours
are long, under these con-
ditions, and constrain
us to beguile them with

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En attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot © 2017 Samuel Beckett Digital Manuscript Project.
Editors: Dirk Van Hulle, Pim Verhulst and Vincent Neyt