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

MS-TCD-10730

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Segment 1

Vladimir

[2345] You're right, we're inexhaustible.

Estragon

[2346] It's so we won't think.

Vladimir

[2347] We have that excuse.

Estragon

[2348] It's so we won't hear.

Vladimir

[2349] We have our reasons.

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Segment 2

Estragon

[2350] All the dead voices.

Vladimir

[2351] They make a noise like wings.

Estragon

[2352] Like leaves.

Vladimir

[2353] Like sand.

Estragon

[2354] Like leaves.

[2355] Silence.

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Segment 3

Vladimir

[2356] They all speak at once.

Estragon

[2357] Each one to itself.

[2358] Silence.

Vladimir

[2359] Rather they whisper.

Estragon

[2360] They rustle.

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Segment 4

Vladimir

[2361] They murmur.

Estragon

[2362] They rustle.

[2363] Silence.

Vladimir

[2364] What do they say?

Estragon

[2365] They talk about their lives.

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Segment 5

Vladimir

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

Estragon

[2367] They have to talk about it.

Vladimir

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

Estragon

[2369] It is not sufficient.

[2370] Silence.

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