MS-TCD-10730

[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.

[0140] (irritably). [0141] What is it?

[0142] Did you ever read the Bible?

[0143] The Bible...[0144](He reflects.) [0145] I must have taken a look
at it.

[0145|001] Do you remember the Gospels?

[0151] I remember the maps of the Holy Land. [0152] Coloured they
were. [0153] Very pretty. [0154] The Dead Sea was pale blue. [0155] The
very look of it made me thirsty. [0156] That's where we'll
go, I used to sa^y, that's where we'll go for our honey-
moon. [0157] We'll swim. [0158] We'll be happy.

[0159] You should have been a poet.

[0160] I was. [0161] (Gesture towards his rags.) [0162] Isn't that obvious?

[0164] Where was I...[0165]How's your foot?

[0166] Swelling visibly.

[0167] Ah yes, the two thieves. [0168] Do you remember the story?

[0169] No.

[0170] Shall I tell it to you?

[0171] No.

[0172] It'll pass the time. [0173] (Pause.) [0174] Two thieves, crucified
at the same time as our Saviour. [0175] One -

[0176] Our what?

[0177] Our Saviour. [0178] Two thieves. [0179] One is supposed to have
been saved and the other...(he searches for the
contrary of saved)...damned.

[0180] Saved from what?

[0181] Hell.