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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] Ten
10 seconds pause. [0177] Third cork.[0178] Ten
seconds pause.[0179] Sudden ^Brief burst of song
from A in shadow.[0179|001] Pause.

[0183] [x] 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 [x]
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 [xxx] recent years, quietly at
the Winehouse.[0088] No one there I knew.

[0089] Sat [by] the fire ^{[looking] into the fire with closed eyes} [turning over] in my mind
winnowing, [out] as it [went] 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 hesit he hesitates])... myself.
[0105] Pause.

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