Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
L'Innommable / The Unnamable

MS-HRC-SB-5-10

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[2206.2] away, you don't know for what, ah yes, [] for something to do, no no,
nothing more to be done, since when, the beginning of time,
[2206.3] and now enough of that, unless perhaps, thayt's an idea, let's search seek
over there, one last effort, search for seek what, pertinent objection,
let us try and discover, before we search seek, what it can be, before
we search seek over there, over where, talking unceasingly, searching seeking
inceassantly , in yourself, outside yourself, searching seeking no longer
losing your head, cursing God, stopping cursing, unable to past bearing

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[2206.3] any more it, going on bearing it, searching seeking indefatigably, in the world
of nature, the world of man, not know where, where is nature,
where is man, what are you searching for are seeking, who is searching seeking,
searching for seeking who you are, supreme aberration, where you are,
what you're doing, what you'bve done to them, what they've done
to you, [2206.4] taloking fluently babbling along, where are the others, who is taling
talking, not I, where am I, where is it the place where I've always been,
where are the others, it is they are talking, talking to me,

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[2206.4] talking of me, I'm I hear them, I'm dumb speechless, what do they want,
what have I done to them, what have I done to God, what have they
done to God, what has God done to us, nothing, and we've done
nothing to him, you can't do anything to him, he can't do any-
thing to us, we're innocent, he's innocent, it's nobody's fault,
what's nobody's fault, this state of affairs, what state of
affairs, so it is, so be it, don't fret, so it will be, how so,
talking excitably rattling on, parched with dying of thirst, losing your head, searching seeking

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[2206.4] dtereminedly , searching seeking no longer, searching seeking again, what do it is they they
want, they want me to be, this, that, they want me to howl, stir,
emerge from here, be born, die, listen, I'm listening, [2206.5] Iit's not
enough, I must understand, I'm doing my best, I can't undefrstand,
I stop doing my best, I can't do my best, I've had enough, poor
darling so have they

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