Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
Malone meurt / Malone Dies

MS-HRC-SB-4-3

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Segment 1

[2674] gathering speed. [2675] The giant lay on the boards, betwween the seats.
[2676] Are youbthe you the one in charge? said Ladty Pedal. [2677] One of the
sailors leaned towards Lemuel and said, She wants to know if you're
the one in charge.
[2678] Fuck off, said Lemuel. [2679] The Saxon uttered a roar
which Lady Pedal, on the qui vive for the least sign of hight spir-
its
[] animation, was pleased to interpret as a manifestation of joy.
[2680] That's the
spirit! she cried. Sing!
[2681] Make the most of this glorious day! [2682] Banish
your cares, for an hour or so!
[2683] And she burst forth:

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Segment 2

[2684] Oh the jolly jolly Spring
[2685] Blue and sun and nests and flowers
[2686] Alleluiah Christ is King
[2688] Oh the happy happy hours
[2689] Oh the jolly jolly -

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Segment 3

[2690] She broke off, discouraged. [2691] What is the matter with them? she said.
[2692] The uyouth, less youthful now, doubled in two, his head swathed in
the skirts of his cloak, seemed to be vomiting.
[2693] His legs, monstrous-
ly bony and knock-kneed, were knocking together at the knees.
[2694] The
thin one, shivering, though in theory the Saxon is the shiverer,
had resumed his dialogue.
[2695] Motionless and concentrated between the
voices he reinforced these with passionate gestures amplified by
the umbrella.
[2696] And you?..[2697]Thanks...[2698]And you?..[2699]THANKS!..[2700]True...[2701]Left...

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Segment 4

[2702] Try...[2703]Back...[2704]Where?..[2705]On...[2706]No!..[2709]Right...[2710]Try... [2711] Do you smell the
sea, said LLady Pedal,
[2712] I do. [2713] Macmann made a bid for freedom. In vain.
[2714] Lemuel produced a hatchet from under his cloak and dealt himself a
few smart blows on the skull, with the heel, for safety.
[2715] Nice jaunt
we're having, said one of the sailors.
[2716] Swell, said the other. [2717] Sun
azure.
[2718] Ernest, hand out the buns, said Lady Pedal.

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Segment 5

[2719] The boat. [2720] Room, as in the waggonette, for twice as many, three

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