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[0171] and goes backstage into shadow.
[0173] Noise of cork drawn with loud pop.
[0174] 10 seconds pause.[0175] Second cork.[0176]
10 seconds pause. [0177] Third cork.[0178] Ten
seconds pause.[0179] ^Brief burst of song
from A in shadow.[0179|001] Pause.

[0183] In a
kind of shuffling dance he reenters
zone of light, from an unexpected
angle, say front right, shuffles and
turns for a moment about the
table, finally lets himself fall on
the chair. After a moment he bends
over the tape, winds it forward
a little, starts up machine, resumes
his listening attitude.

[0183|001] Tape. - a moment in the life of all
pioneers

[0086] Tape Thirty-seven today, sound apparently in
wind and limb, apart from my old
trouble, and intellectually, I have
little doubt, at the peak of my powers,
or thereabouts.[0087] Celebrated the occasion,
as in recent years, quietly at
the Winehouse.[0088] No one there I knew.

[0089] Sat ^{with closed eyes} separating
the grain from the chaff.[0090] Jotted
down a few notes, on the back of
an envelope.[0091] It is good to be home
again, in my old things.[0097] The new
light above my desk is a great
improvement.

[0098] With all this darkness
round me, I am less alone.[0099] (Pause.)
[0100] In a way.[0101] (Pause.)[0102] I like to get
up and move about in it, then come
back here to...( he hesitates)... myself.
[0105] Pause.

[0106] The grain, what do I mean by that,
I mean ... (Pause.) I suppose I mean those