Digital Manuscript ProjectKrapp's Last Tape / La Dernière Bande

[0053] (He lays it on table, closes box three
and puts it back with the others. He
bends over spool.[0054] Box thrree,
spool five.[0059] (He puts spool on machine,
[0061] peers at ledger. Reading
entry at foot of page.)[0062] Mother at
rest ...[0064] The black ball ...[0065] (He raises
his head.[0066] Puzzled.)[0067] The black ball?
[0082] He closes ledger, bends over machine,
switches it on, takes up listening
posture, i.e.
ear cupped towards machine, face
front.
[0085]
Settling himself more comfortably
he knocks a box off the table
on the floor. He curses, stops
machine, sweeps boxes and
ledger violently off table,
switches on the machine, resumes
his pose.
[0086] Tape Thirty-seven today etc.
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