Digital Manuscript ProjectL'Innommable / The Unnamable

[1407] When Mahood I once knew a
doctor who held that the last gasp,
from the strictly scientific point of view,
could only issue from the fundament
and this the orifice to which the family
should present the mirror, before opening
the will.
[1408] However this may be, and without
going any further into these macabre
details, it is certain I was grievously
mistaken in supposing that death in itself
could be regarded as evidence, or even a
strong presumption, in favour of a
preliminary life.
[1409] And I for my part have
no longer the least desire to leave this world
in which they keep
trying to drag me without some
kind of assurance that I was there, such
as for example a kick in the arse, or a
kiss, the nature of the attention is of no
importance, providing I cannot be
suspected of being its author.
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L'Innommable / The Unnamable © 2013 Samuel Beckett Digital Manuscript Project.
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